Where does “fornice” come from?

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

fornice (Italian): arch, vault

Definitions

  1. arch, vault

Ancestry of “fornice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfornixarch, vault; brothel
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 →