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Where does “faeu” come from?

faeu (Gallo) comes from Old French fau, from Latin fāgus, from Proto-Italic fāgos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

faeu (Gallo): beech

Definitions

  1. beech

Ancestry of “faeu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfaubeech
2Latinfāgus—
3Proto-Italicfāgos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →