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Where does “fawcett” come from?

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

fawcett (Middle English): faucet

Definitions

  1. faucet

Ancestry of “fawcett”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fawcett”

  • faucet
  • faucetless
  • faucetlike
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