Where does “fourneau” come from?

fourneau (French) comes from Middle French fourneau, from Old French fornel, from Old French forn, from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic fornos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós, from Indo-European *gʷʰer-.

fourneau (French): stove; chamber; beggar, hobo

Definitions

  1. stove; chamber; beggar, hobo

Ancestry of “fourneau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfourneaufurnace
2Old Frenchfornel—
3Old Frenchfornoven
4Latinfurnusoven; bakery
5Proto-Italicfornos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰr̥-nós—
7Indo-European*gʷʰer-—

Words derived from “fourneau”

Every word from Indo-European *gʷʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós →Every word from Proto-Italic fornos →