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Where does “fumitory” come from?

fumitory (English) comes from Middle English fumyter, from Old French fumeterre, from Latin fumus terrae.

fumitory (English): A plant of the taxonomic genus "Fumaria", which...

Definitions

  1. A plant of the taxonomic genus "Fumaria", which...

Ancestry of “fumitory”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfumyterfumitory
2Old Frenchfumeterre—
3Latinfumus terrae—
Every word from Latin fumus terrae →