Where does “fotoforo” come from?

fotoforo (Italian) comes from Italian foro, from Latin forum, from Proto-Italic *forom — forum.

fotoforo (Italian): photophore

Definitions

  1. photophore

Ancestry of “fotoforo”, step by step

fotoforo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian foro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianforoforum; court; hole
2Latinforumpublic place, marketplace, forum
3Proto-Italic*foromforum

via Italian foto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfotophoto, snap
Every word from Proto-Italic *forom →Every word from Latin forum →Every word from Italian foro →