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Where does “fornicate” come from?

fornicate (English) comes from Latin fornicātus, from Latin fornicor, from Latin fornix, from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic fornos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós, from Indo-European *gʷʰer-.

fornicate (English): Shaped like an arch or vault; resembling a...

Definitions

  1. Shaped like an arch or vault; resembling a...

Ancestry of “fornicate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfornicātus—
2LatinfornicorI fornicate, commit fornication
3Latinfornixarch, vault; brothel
4Latinfurnusoven; bakery
5Proto-Italicfornos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰr̥-nós—
7Indo-European*gʷʰer-—

Words derived from “fornicate”

  • fornicator
  • fornicatory
Every word from Indo-European *gʷʰer- →