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Where does “facciata” come from?

facciata (Italian) comes from Italian faccia, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

facciata (Italian): front; frontage; facade, façade; side; exterior

Definitions

  1. front; frontage; facade, façade; side; exterior

Ancestry of “facciata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfacciaface; countenance, expression, face; side
2Late Latinfacia—
3Latinfaciēs—
4Latinfaciō—
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōrius—
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōr—
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “facciata”

  • facade
  • facadectomy
  • counterfacade
  • фасад
  • façade
  • Fassade
  • fachada
  • ファサード
  • façade
  • façadisme
  • facade
  • fațadă
  • ფასადი
  • Fassad
  • fasada
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