English

faceache

From face + ache.

A compound of face + ache

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

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Latin faciēs ‘form’

Late Latin facia

Old French face

Middle English face

English face

Middle English aken ‘to ache, to hurt’

English ache

Today it means

noun A miserable-looking person.

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

Etymograph / faceache