Where does “fire” come from?

fire (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin *fīre, from Latin fiō, from Proto-Italic fuiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

fire (Italian): to be

Definitions

  1. to be

Ancestry of “fire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*fīre—
2Latinfiōto become, be made
3Proto-Italicfuiōto become
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- →Every word from Proto-Italic fuiō →Every word from Latin fiō →
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