Where does “faim” come from?
faim (French) comes from Old French faim, from Latin fames, from Proto-Indo-European dʰH- — to disappear.
faim (French): hunger
Ancestry of “faim”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | faim | — |
| 2 | Latin | fames | hunger |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰH- | to disappear |
Words derived from “faim”