Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
faience
noun · first attested 17th century
The glazed ware is named for an Italian town, by way of French.
Glazed and painted earthenware.
Record
- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 17th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Faenza
- In English
faience
Faenza in Emilia-Romagna exported tin-glazed pottery into France, where it became faïence. English took the French spelling and the Italian town with it.
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