myEtymology.com: English etymology of faceting

Etymology of the English word faceting

the English word faceting

derived from the English word facet

derived from the Old French word facette (face)

derived from the Old French word face

derived from the Vulgar Latin word facia

derived 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 -ette

derived from the Latin word gubia

derived from the Late Latin word gulbia