English

lithofacial

From litho- + facial.

Ancient Greek λῐ́θος ‘a stone’

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’

Today it means

adj Relating to lithofacies

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

Etymograph / lithofacial