Where does “lithofacies” come from?
lithofacies (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.
lithofacies (English): A subdivision of any stratigraphic unit that has...
Definitions
- A subdivision of any stratigraphic unit that has...
Ancestry of “lithofacies”, step by step
lithofacies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English facies
| 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 | — |
via English litho
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | litho | Clipping of lithographic; To lithograph |