Etymograph

English

hemifacial

From hemi- + facial.

Formed from hemi- + facial

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

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

Today it means

adj Relating to, or affecting, one half of the face.

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

Etymograph / hemifacial