Where does “fumo” come from?

fumo (Esperanto) comes from Spanish humo, from Old Spanish fumo, from Latin fūmus, from Proto-Italic fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

fumo (Esperanto): smoke

Definitions

  1. smoke

Ancestry of “fumo”, step by step

fumo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish humo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhumosmoke; steam; fume, fumes
2Old Spanishfumosmoke
3Latinfūmussmoke, steam, fume
4Proto-Italicfūmossmoke
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰuh₂móssmoke
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Portuguese fumo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesefumosmoke; fume; tobacco
2Old Portuguesefumo—

via Italian fumo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfumosmoke; smudge; hashish

Words derived from “fumo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →