Where does “facetlike” come from?
facetlike (English) comes from English facet, from French facette, from French face, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
facetlike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a facet
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a facet
Ancestry of “facetlike”, step by step
facetlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English facet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | facet | Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem; One... |
| 2 | French | facette | facet |
| 3 | French | face | face; surface, side; head |
| 4 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English like
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | like | To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;... |
| 2 | Dutch | luik | hatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | luke | — |
| 4 | Dutch | luiken | to close, to shut |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | luken | to close, to shut; to close, to become closed |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lūcan | to close, shut |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | lūkan | to close, to shut |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |