Etymograph

English

facadism

* facade + -ism

Formed from facade + -ism

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

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Late Latin facia

Italian faccia ‘front’

Italian facciata ‘front’

French façade

English facade

Today it means

noun the practice of retaining only the facade of an old building when redeveloping a site.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / facadism