Where does “fust” come from?
Fust comes from Old French fust, from Latin fustis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰew-.
fust (English): A strong musty smell; mustiness; The shaft of a...
Definitions
- A strong musty smell; mustiness; The shaft of a...
Ancestry of “fust”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | fusta | fust |
| 2 | Latin | fusta | beam |
| 3 | Latin | fūstis | a knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club |
| 4 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |