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Where does “affumo” come from?

affumo (Italian) comes from Italian affumare, from Latin fūmus, from Proto-Italic fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

affumo (Italian): first-person singular present indicative of...

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Ancestry of “affumo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianaffumareTo smoke; To darken
2Latinfūmus—
3Proto-Italicfūmossmoke
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰuh₂móssmoke
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →