Where does “faco” come from?

faco (Esperanto) comes from Galician faca, from Old French haque, from Middle English hack, from English Hackney, from Middle English hakeney — A breed of small horse for riding upon frequently hired out; a hackney.

faco (Esperanto): face

Definitions

  1. face

Ancestry of “faco”, step by step

faco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician faca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianfacaa large pocketknife; knife; a mare
2Old Frenchhaque—
3Middle Englishhack—
4EnglishHackneywhere once upon a time many horses were pastured
5Middle EnglishhakeneyA breed of small horse for riding upon frequently hired out; a hackney

via English face

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfaceThe front part of the head of a human or other...
2Middle Englishfaceface; Alternative form of fass
3Old Frenchfaceface
4Late Latinfacia—

Words derived from “faco”

Every word from Middle English hakeney →
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