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Where does “φοῦρνος” come from?

φοῦρνος (Ancient Greek) comes from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic fornos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós, from Indo-European *gʷʰer-.

Ancestry of “φοῦρνος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfurnusoven; bakery
2Proto-Italicfornos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰr̥-nós—
4Indo-European*gʷʰer-—

Words derived from “φοῦρνος”

  • փուռ
  • փուռն
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