Where does “fui” come from?
fui (Italian) comes from Latin fui, from Proto-Italic fefuai, from Proto-Italic fuiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.
fui (Italian): first-person singular past historic of essere
Definitions
- first-person singular past historic of essere
Ancestry of “fui”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | fui | first-person singular perfect active indicative... |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | fefuai | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | fuiō | to become |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |