Where does “fotoforo” come from?
fotoforo (Italian) comes from Italian foro, from Latin forum, from Proto-Italic *forom.
fotoforo (Italian): photophore
Ancestry of “fotoforo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | foro | forum; court; hole |
| 2 | Latin | forum | public place, marketplace, forum |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *forom | — |