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Where does “fumigatio” come from?

fumigatio (Late Latin) comes from Latin fūmigō, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

Ancestry of “fumigatio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfūmigō—
2Latin-igoEnlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to...
3Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

Words derived from “fumigatio”

  • fumigation
  • biofumigation
  • refumigation
  • fumigación
  • fumigazione
  • fumygacioun
  • fumigation
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