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Where does “faxed” come from?

Faxed comes from English fax, shortened from English facsimile, from Latin fac simile meaning "make similar," combining Latin facio "to make" and Latin simile "similar," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- "to put" and Proto-Indo-European sem- "one."

faxed (English): Having a head of hair; hairy; simple past tense...

Definitions

  1. Having a head of hair; hairy; simple past tense...

Ancestry of “faxed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfaxed—
2Old Englishfeaxed—
3Old Englishfeaxhair
4Proto-Germanicfahsąhair; headhair, mane
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth
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