Where does “faucet” come from?

Faucet comes from Middle English fawcett, from Old French fausset, from Latin faux, derived from Latin fauces meaning throat or narrow passage.

faucet (English): An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a...

Definitions

  1. An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a...

Ancestry of “faucet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfaucetfaucet
2Old Frenchfausset
3Latinfauxsingular of faucēs; throat, gullet; the upper...
4Latinfaucesthroat, pharynx, gullet; a narrow entrance, entry...

Words derived from “faucet

Every word from Latin faucesEvery word from Latin fauxEvery word from Old French fausset
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