Where does “effume” come from?

effume (English) comes from Latin effumare, from Latin fūmāre.

effume (English): To breathe or puff out

Definitions

  1. To breathe or puff out

Ancestry of “effume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latineffumareto emit smoke
2Latinfūmāre—

Words derived from “effume”

Every word from Latin fūmāre →
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