FACE (from

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• LAT

Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a

See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv) ,a word whose various meanings of surface, front, expression of coontenance, look or appearance, are adaptations of the application of the word to the external part of the front portion of the head, usually taken to extend from the top of the forehead to the point of the chin, and from ear to ear (see ANATOMY: Superficial and Artistic; and PHYSIOGNOMY) .