Where does “altoforno” come from?

altoforno (Italian) comes from Italian forno, from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic fornos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós, from Indo-European *gʷʰer-.

altoforno (Italian): blast furnace

Definitions

  1. blast furnace

Ancestry of “altoforno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfornooven; bakery
2Latinfurnusoven; bakery
3Proto-Italicfornos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰr̥-nós—
5Indo-European*gʷʰer-—
Every word from Indo-European *gʷʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós →Every word from Proto-Italic fornos →