English
facial hair
From facial + hair.
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-
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Proto-Italic *fakjō ‘to make’
Latin faciō ‘to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect’
Latin faciēs ‘form, configuration, figure’
Medieval Latin faciālis ‘face-to-face, direct, open’
English facial
The story
First use appears c. 1830, in the Morning Herald.
Today it means
noun Hair on, or from, the face of a human, such as the eyebrows, beard or moustache.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / facial hair