Where does “superficies” come from?
Superficies comes from Latin superficies, composed of Latin super meaning "over" and Latin facio meaning "to make," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- meaning "to put or place."
superficies (English): A two-dimensional magnitude that has length and...
Definitions
- A two-dimensional magnitude that has length and...
Ancestry of “superficies”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | superficiēs | — |
| 2 | Latin | faciēs | — |
| 3 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |