Where does “unifacial” come from?
unifacial (English) comes from English facial, from Latin facialis, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
unifacial (English): Having, or showing, a single face; Having only...
Definitions
- Having, or showing, a single face; Having only...
Ancestry of “unifacial”, step by step
unifacial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English facial
| 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 | — |
via Spanish facial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | facial | facial |