Where does “faċċetta” come from?
faċċetta (Maltese) comes from Italian faccetta, from French facette, from French face, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
faċċetta (Maltese): facet
Definitions
- facet
Ancestry of “faċċetta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | faccetta | facet |
| 2 | French | facette | facet |
| 3 | French | face | face; surface, side; head |
| 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 | — |