facula

noun

a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots

a bright spot on a planet

Roots

faxfac- · Latin · torch, light ula-ula · Latin · diminutive, little

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The word facula breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: fac, from Latin fax (“torch, light”); and -ula, from Latin ula (“diminutive, little”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.