Where does “sfaccettatura” come from?
sfaccettatura (Italian) comes from Italian sfaccettare, from Italian faccetta, from French facette, from French face, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
sfaccettatura (Italian): faceting, cutting
Definitions
- faceting, cutting
Ancestry of “sfaccettatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | sfaccettare | to cut or facet (a jewel) |
| 2 | Italian | faccetta | facet |
| 3 | French | facette | facet |
| 4 | French | face | face; surface, side; head |
| 5 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |