Where does “faucet” come from?

faucet (Middle English) comes from Old French fausset, from Latin faux, from Latin fauces — throat, pharynx, gullet; a narrow entrance, entry...

faucet (Middle English): faucet

Definitions

  1. faucet

Ancestry of “faucet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfausset—
2Latinfauxsingular of faucēs; throat, gullet; the upper...
3Latinfaucesthroat, pharynx, gullet; a narrow entrance, entry...

Words derived from “faucet”

Every word from Latin fauces →Every word from Latin faux →Every word from Old French fausset →