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

Definitions

  1. hunger

Ancestry of “faim”, step by step

faim traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French faim

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfaim—
2Latinfameshunger
3Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰH-to disappear

via Latin famēs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfamēshunger

Words derived from “faim”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰH- →Every word from Latin fames →Every word from Old French faim →