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Where does “facia” come from?

facia (Latin) comes from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

facia (Latin): appearance; countenance; face

Definitions

  1. appearance; countenance; face

Ancestry of “facia”, step by step

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

Words derived from “facia”

  • face
  • example
  • effect
  • surface
  • faced
  • evidence
  • interface
  • issues
  • issue
  • typeface
  • facet
  • expression
  • multifaceted
  • except
  • evening
  • subsurface
  • effective
  • Facebook
  • extent
  • surfacing
  • event
  • effort
  • faceless
  • exercise
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