Where does “foyer” come from?

foyer (French) comes from Vulgar Latin focarium, from Latin focārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

foyer (French): hearth; lobby, foyer; home, domicile

Definitions

  1. hearth; lobby, foyer; home, domicile

Ancestry of “foyer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinfocarium—
2Latinfocāriusa kitchen-boy
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “foyer”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin focārius →