Etymology of the English word surfacing
the English word
surfacingderived from the English word
surfacederived from the French word
surfacederived from the Classical Latin word
superficies (top, surface, upper layer)
using the Medieval Latin prefix
super-derived from the Classical Latin word
super (above)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*uperderived 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-derived from the Old French word
surusing the English suffix
-ingUsage
Word found in Modern English
