Where does “フォーヴィスム” come from?
フォーヴィスム (Japanese) comes from French fauvisme, from French fauve, from Middle French fauve, from Old French falve, from Late Latin falvus, from Frankish falu, from Proto-Germanic falwaz, from Proto-Indo-European polHwós — pale, gray.
フォーヴィスム (Japanese): fauvism
Ancestry of “フォーヴィスム”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | fauvisme | fauvism |
| 2 | French | fauve | tawny; savage, fierce; dangerous, wild |
| 3 | Middle French | fauve | — |
| 4 | Old French | falve | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | falvus | — |
| 6 | Frankish | falu | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | falwaz | pale, gray, fallow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | polHwós | pale, gray |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pelH- | pale, gray |