Where does “fuselage” come from?
fuselage (French) comes from French fuseler, from Old French fusel, from Old French fus, from Latin fūsus, from Latin fundere, from Latin fundo, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn — smoke; mist, haze.
fuselage (French): fuselage
Definitions
- fuselage
Ancestry of “fuselage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fuseler | to give the shape of a spindle |
| 2 | Old French | fusel | — |
| 3 | Old French | fus | — |
| 4 | Latin | fūsus | spindle |
| 5 | Latin | fundere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 6 | Latin | fundo | I pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make... |
| 7 | Latin | fundus | bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |