Where does “unifaced” come from?

unifaced (English) comes from English faced, from English face, from Middle English face, from Old French face, from Late Latin facia.

unifaced (English): Of a prehistoric stone tool: flaked on one surface only

Definitions

  1. Of a prehistoric stone tool: flaked on one surface only

Ancestry of “unifaced”, step by step

unifaced traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English faced

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfacedsimple past tense and past participle of face;...
2EnglishfaceThe front part of the head of a human or other...
3Middle Englishfaceface; Alternative form of fass
4Old Frenchfaceface
5Late Latinfacia

via English uni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishuniUniversity; Sea urchin eaten as sushi
2Japanese雲丹the food made from the roe of sea urchin,...
Every word from Late Latin faciaEvery word from Old French faceEvery word from Middle English face
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