Where does “furs” come from?
furs (Catalan) comes from Catalan fur, from Old Catalan for, from Latin forum, from Proto-Italic *forom.
furs (Catalan): plural of fur
Ancestry of “furs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | fur | fuero |
| 2 | Old Catalan | for | — |
| 3 | Latin | forum | public place, marketplace, forum |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *forom | — |