Etymology of the English word facet
the English word
facetderived from the Old French word
facette (face)
derived from the Old French word
facederived from the Vulgar Latin word
faciaderived from the Latin word
facies (face; shape, face, look)
derived from the Latin word
facere (to make; act, take action, be active; compose, write; classify; do, make; create; make, build, construct; produce; produce by growth; bring forth)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhē-using the French suffix
-ettederived from the Latin word
gubiaderived from the Late Latin word
gulbiaDate
The earliest known usage of facet in English dates from the 17th century.
Derivations in English
faceted,
facetingCognates
Dutch
facet, French
facette, German
Facette, Norwegian
fasett, Swedish
fasettUsage
Word found in Modern English
