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Where does “facette” come from?

facette (French) comes from French face, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

facette (French): facet

Definitions

  1. facet

Ancestry of “facette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfaceface; surface, side; head
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—

Words derived from “facette”

  • facet
  • multifaceted
  • facetectomy
  • microfacet
  • facetal
  • multifacetedness
  • facette
  • multifacet
  • multifacetedly
  • facetlike
  • facetter
  • Facette
  • facet
  • facetoog
  • facet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →