Where does “fomites” come from?

fomites (English) comes from Latin fomes, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

fomites (English): plural of fomes; plural of fomite

Definitions

  1. plural of fomes; plural of fomite

Ancestry of “fomites”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfomestinder, kindling; fomite
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

Words derived from “fomites”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Latin fomes →
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