facade
fuh-SAHD · noun
Origin
English borrowed 'facade' from French façade, which came from Italian facciata, a word built from faccia meaning 'front.' That Italian word traces back to Latin faciēs, meaning 'face.'
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Journey
The word has consistently pointed to the 'front' or 'face' of something, from Latin through Italian and French into English.
Related words
It's a cousin of 'face' itself, since both descend from the Latin faciēs.