Where does “fasad” come from?
fasad (Swedish) comes from French façade, from Italian facciata, from Italian faccia, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
fasad (Swedish): a facade, usually the front side
Definitions
- a facade, usually the front side
Ancestry of “fasad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | façade | façade of a building |
| 2 | Italian | facciata | front; frontage; facade, façade; side; exterior |
| 3 | Italian | faccia | face; countenance, expression, face; side |
| 4 | Late Latin | facia | — |
| 5 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |