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Where does “spumous” come from?

spumous (English) comes from Latin spumosus, from Latin spūma, from Proto-Indo-European (s)poHy-m-os, from Proto-Indo-European (s)poH(y)-, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

spumous (English): frothy or foamy; spumy

Definitions

  1. frothy or foamy; spumy

Ancestry of “spumous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspumosusfoaming; frothy
2Latinspūma—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)poHy-m-os—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)poH(y)-foam
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper
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