Where does “ichnofacies” come from?
ichnofacies (English) comes from English facies, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
ichnofacies (English): A rock sequence whose defining characteristics include its lithology and the trace fossils contained within it, along with other biogenic structures
Definitions
- A rock sequence whose defining characteristics include its lithology and the trace fossils contained within it, along with other biogenic structures
Ancestry of “ichnofacies”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | facies | Appearance; Facial features, like an expression... |
| 2 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 3 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |