English

foxface

From fox + face.

A compound of fox + face

Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos ‘the tailed one’

Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz ‘fox’

Proto-West Germanic *fuhs

Old English fox ‘fox’

Middle English fox

English fox

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 rabbitfish with prominent facial stripes.

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