Where does “faience” come from?
Faience comes from French faïence, named after the Italian city Faenza, from Latin Faventia, derived from faventia meaning favor or goodwill, from the verb faveo meaning to favor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-.
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Ancestry of “faience”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | faïence | faience |
| 2 | Italian | faenza | faience, majolica |
| 3 | Latin | faventia | nominative neuter plural of favēns; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | favens | favouring |
| 5 | Latin | faveō | to be favorable, to be well disposed or inclined towards, to favor, promote, befriend, countenance, protect |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰoweh₁ | to notice |