Where does “maxillofacial” come from?
Maxillofacial is a modern English compound combining maxilla with facial, which derives from French facial and Latin facialis, relating to the face.
maxillofacial (English): Of or relating to the jaw and face
Definitions
- Of or relating to the jaw and face
Ancestry of “maxillofacial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | facial | Of or affecting the face; on its face; as it... |
| 2 | Latin | facialis | facial |
| 3 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |