English

facebread

face + bread, as a literal translation of the Hebrew.

A compound of face + bread

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

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Latin faciēs ‘form’

Late Latin facia

Old French face

Middle English face

English face

Proto-Germanic *braudą

Proto-West Germanic *braud

Old English brēad ‘fragment’

Middle English bred ‘bread’

English bread

Today it means

noun Synonym of showbread.

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

Etymograph / facebread