Where does “fumer” come from?
fumer (French) comes from Middle French fumer, from Latin fumare, from Latin fumo, from Latin fumus, from Proto-Italic fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.
fumer (French): to smoke; to emit smoke; to steam
Definitions
- to smoke; to emit smoke; to steam
Ancestry of “fumer”, step by step
fumer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French fumer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | fumer | to smoke |
| 2 | Latin | fumare | present active infinitive of fūmō; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | fumo | I smoke, steam, fume |
| 4 | Latin | fumus | smoke, steam; indication, sign |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | fūmos | smoke |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰuh₂mós | smoke |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via Latin fūmāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | fūmāre | — |