Where does “Foyer” come from?

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

Foyer (German): foyer, lobby

Definitions

  1. foyer, lobby

Ancestry of “Foyer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfoyerhearth; lobby, foyer; home, domicile
2Vulgar Latinfocarium
3Latinfocāriusa kitchen-boy
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Latin focārius