English

facepaw

From face + paw, by analogy with facepalm.

A compound of face + paw

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

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Latin faciēs ‘form’

Late Latin facia

Old French face

Middle English face

English face

Vulgar Latin *pauta

Old French poue

Middle English pawe

English paw

Today it means

noun A facepalm.

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