Where does “fur” come from?
fur (Catalan) comes from Old Catalan for, from Latin forum, from Proto-Italic *forom.
fur (Catalan): fuero
Ancestry of “fur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Catalan | for | — |
| 2 | Latin | forum | public place, marketplace, forum |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *forom | — |