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Where does “fumeggiare” come from?

fumeggiare (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin *fūmizāre, from Latin fumō, from Latin fūmus, from Proto-Italic fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

fumeggiare (Italian): to smoke; to fume

Definitions

  1. to smoke; to fume

Ancestry of “fumeggiare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*fūmizāre—
2Latinfumō—
3Latinfūmus—
4Proto-Italicfūmossmoke
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰuh₂móssmoke
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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