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noun an ornamental facade
noun front illustration facing the title page of a book
originFrom Middle French frontispice, from Italian frontespizio or Medieval Latin frontispicium, from Latin frōns (“forehead”, oblique stem in front-) + -spic- (“to watch”, combining form of speciō) + -ium. Spelling altered due to folk etymology, influenced by piece.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0