Where does “фас” come from?

фас (Russian) comes from French face, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

фас (Russian): front, face; attack!, get'em!, bite!

Definitions

  1. front, face; attack!, get'em!, bite!

Ancestry of “фас”, step by step

фас traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French face

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfaceface; surface, side; head
2Latinfaciēsmake, form, shape, figure, configuration
3Latinfaciōto do
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōriusory
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via German fass

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfasscatch, snatch
2Middle High Germanvaz
3Old High Germanfazgarment; container; vessel
4Proto-West Germanicfatvessel, container
5Proto-Germanicfatąvessel, container
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpod-vessel, container
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s