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Where does “infumate” come from?

infumate (English) comes from Latin infumatus, from Latin infumō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

infumate (English): To dry by exposing to smoke; to expose to smoke

Definitions

  1. To dry by exposing to smoke; to expose to smoke

Ancestry of “infumate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininfumatussmoked, smoky
2Latininfumō—
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →