Where does “facha” come from?
facha (Galician) comes from Spanish facha, from Italian faccia, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
facha (Galician): torch made from a bunch or faggot of straw; large...
Definitions
- torch made from a bunch or faggot of straw; large...
Ancestry of “facha”, step by step
facha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish facha
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | facha | clothing in poor condition because of overuse;... |
| 2 | Italian | faccia | face; countenance, expression, face; side |
| 3 | Late Latin | facia | — |
| 4 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |