Etymograph

English

face piece

From face + piece.

A compound of face + piece

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

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Latin faciēs ‘form’

Late Latin facia

Old French face

Middle English face

English face

Late Latin pettia ‘fragment’

Old French piece

Middle English pece ‘piece’

English piece

Today it means

noun The part of a respirator or gas mask that covers the nose, mouth, and sometimes the eyes.

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

Etymograph / face piece