noun, feminine/faˈθeta/plural: facetas
facet (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem); facet (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things); facet (one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin faciēs Late Latin facia Old French face Middle French face French face Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etder. French -ette French facettebor. Spanish faceta Borrowed from French facette.