Where does “faccino” come from?
faccino (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.
faccino (Italian): little face, small face, baby face
Definitions
- little face, small face, baby face
Ancestry of “faccino”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | faccia | face; countenance, expression, face; side |
| 2 | Late Latin | facia | — |
| 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 | — |