English

falseface

From false + face.

A compound of false + face

Latin fallō ‘to deceive’

Latin falsus ‘counterfeit, false’

Old English fals ‘false; fraud’

Middle English false

English false

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

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Latin faciēs ‘form’

Late Latin facia

Old French face

Middle English face

English face

Today it means

noun A mask covering the face.

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

Etymograph / falseface