Where does “indefaceable” come from?
indefaceable (English) comes from English defaceable, from English deface, from Middle English defacen, from Old French defacier, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
Ancestry of “indefaceable”, step by step
indefaceable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English defaceable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | defaceable | Able to be defaced |
| 2 | English | deface | To damage or vandalize something, especially a... |
| 3 | Middle English | defacen | — |
| 4 | Old French | defacier | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | facia | — |
| 6 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |