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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”

  • effumability
Every word from Latin fūmāre →