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Where does “fornicari” come from?

fornicari (Late Latin) comes from Latin fornicor, from Latin fornix, from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic fornos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós, from Indo-European *gʷʰer-.

fornicari (Late Latin): present active infinitive of fornicor

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of fornicor

Ancestry of “fornicari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinfornicorI fornicate, commit fornication
2Latinfornixarch, vault; brothel
3Latinfurnusoven; bakery
4Proto-Italicfornos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰr̥-nós—
6Indo-European*gʷʰer-—

Words derived from “fornicari”

  • fornicare
  • fornicate
Every word from Indo-European *gʷʰer- →