Where does “fornix” come from?

Fornix comes from Latin fornix, meaning an arch or vault structure.

fornix (English): An archlike structure or fold; Specifically, the...

Definitions

  1. An archlike structure or fold; Specifically, the...

Ancestry of “fornix”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfornixarch, vault; brothel
2Latinfurnusoven; bakery
3Proto-Italicfornos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰr̥-nós—
5Indo-European*gʷʰer-—

Words derived from “fornix”

Every word from Indo-European *gʷʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós →Every word from Proto-Italic fornos →