Where does “face” come from?
face (Romanian) comes from Romanian -tor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
face (Romanian): do, make; to be made, to be done
Definitions
- do, make; to be made, to be done
Ancestry of “face”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | -tor | -er; -ing |
| 2 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
Words derived from “face”