English

jerkface

From jerk + face.

A compound of jerk + face

Middle English yerk ‘sudden motion’

English jerk

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 An obnoxious or unlikeable person; a jerk.

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

Etymograph / jerkface