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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

  1. A two-dimensional magnitude that has length and...

Ancestry of “superficies”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsuperficiēs—
2Latinfaciēs—
3Latinfaciō—
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōrius—
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →