Where does “fumage” come from?

fumage (English) comes from Latin fūmus, from Proto-Italic fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

fumage (English): hearth tax

Definitions

  1. hearth tax

Ancestry of “fumage”, step by step

fumage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin fūmus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfūmussmoke, steam, fume
2Proto-Italicfūmossmoke
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰuh₂móssmoke
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Old French fumage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfumage—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós →Every word from Proto-Italic fūmos →