Where does “feese” come from?

feese (Pennsylvania German) comes from English face, from Middle English face, from Old French face, from Late Latin facia.

feese (Pennsylvania German): to face; to faze

Definitions

  1. to face; to faze

Ancestry of “feese”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfaceThe front part of the head of a human or other...
2Middle Englishfaceface; Alternative form of fass
3Old Frenchfaceface
4Late Latinfacia—
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