Where does “forum” come from?

forum (Dutch) comes from English forum, from Latin forum, from Proto-Italic *forom — forum.

forum (Dutch): forum ancient Roman marketplace

Definitions

  1. forum ancient Roman marketplace

Ancestry of “forum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishforumA place for discussion; A gathering for the...
2Latinforumpublic place, marketplace, forum
3Proto-Italic*foromforum

Words derived from “forum”

Every word from Proto-Italic *forom →Every word from Latin forum →Every word from English forum →