Where does “fauces” come from?

fauces (Spanish) comes from Spanish fauce, from Latin faux, from Latin fauces — throat, pharynx, gullet; a narrow entrance, entry...

fauces (Spanish): plural of fauce

Definitions

  1. plural of fauce

Ancestry of “fauces”, step by step

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