A compound of face + bow
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-
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Latin faciēs ‘form’
Late Latin facia
Old French face
Middle English face
English face
Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- ‘to bend’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰugʰ-
Proto-Germanic *bugô ‘bow (weapon)’
Old English boga ‘bow (weapon)’
Middle English bowe
English bow
Today it means
noun A prosthodontic instrument used to transfer functional and aesthetic components from the patient's mouth to the dental articulator.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / facebow
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