Where does “geofacet” come from?

geofacet (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.

geofacet (English): A technique for visualising data for a range of geographic regions, in which a series of identically-sized plots (for instance, bar charts) are arranged in a way that mimics the real-world geographical configuration of the regions

Definitions

  1. A technique for visualising data for a range of geographic regions, in which a series of identically-sized plots (for instance, bar charts) are arranged in a way that mimics the real-world geographical configuration of the regions

Ancestry of “geofacet”, step by step

geofacet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English facet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfacetAny one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem; One...
2Frenchfacettefacet
3Frenchfaceface; surface, side; head
4Latinfaciēsmake, form, shape, figure, configuration
5Latinfaciōto do
6Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7Latin-tōriusory
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via English geo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgeoAn inlet, gully or cleft in the face of a cliff
2Englishgeo-Earth; geography
3Ancient Greekγεω-earth; earth-
4Latin-logia-logy; the study of
5Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
6Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
7Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -toriumEvery word from Latin -tor