Where does “fomentress” come from?
fomentress (English) comes from English fomenter, from English foment, from Middle English fomenten, from Old French fomenter, from Late Latin fomentare, from Latin fōmentum, from Latin fovere, from Latin foveo — to burn; warm, hot.
fomentress (English): A female fomenter
Definitions
- A female fomenter
Ancestry of “fomentress”, step by step
fomentress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fomenter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fomenter | One who incites or promotes |
| 2 | English | foment | To incite or cause troublesome acts; to... |
| 3 | Middle English | fomenten | To apply a warm, soft medicament |
| 4 | Old French | fomenter | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | fomentare | — |
| 6 | Latin | fōmentum | A warm application, lotion, compress or poultice, fomentation |
| 7 | Latin | fovere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 8 | Latin | foveo | I warm, keep warm; I nurture, cherish, foster; I... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | foɣʷeō | to warm, to make warm, to keep warm |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | θoɣʷejō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰogʷʰ-éye-ti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰ- | to burn; warm, hot |