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
- Having a head of hair; hairy; simple past tense...
Ancestry of “faxed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | faxed | — |
| 2 | Old English | feaxed | — |
| 3 | Old English | feax | hair |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fahsą | hair; headhair, mane |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peḱ- | to pluck; livestock; wealth |