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Where does “ineffaceably” come from?

ineffaceably (English) comes from English ineffaceable, from English effaceable, from English efface, from Middle French effacer, from Old French esfacier, from Vulgar Latin *exfaciāre, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō.

ineffaceably (English): In an ineffaceable manner; in a manner that...

Definitions

  1. In an ineffaceable manner; in a manner that...

Ancestry of “ineffaceably”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishineffaceableIncapable of being effaced
2EnglisheffaceableCapable of being effaced
3EnglisheffaceTo erase ; to render illegible or indiscernible;...
4Middle Frencheffacererase
5Old Frenchesfacierto remove; to delete
6Vulgar Latin*exfaciāre—
7Latinfaciēs—
8Latinfaciō—
9Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
10Latin-tōrius—
11Latin-tor-er
12Proto-Italic-tōr—
13Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
14Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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