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Where does “microfacet” come from?

microfacet (English) comes from English facet, from French facette, from French face, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.

microfacet (English): A tiny facet of the surface of an object being...

Definitions

  1. A tiny facet of the surface of an object being...

Ancestry of “microfacet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfacetAny one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem; One...
2Frenchfacettefacet
3Frenchfaceface; surface, side; head
4Latinfaciēs—
5Latinfaciō—
6Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7Latin-tōrius—
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōr—
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →