Where does “fornicate” come from?

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

fornicate (Latin): vocative masculine singular of fornicātus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of fornicātus

Ancestry of “fornicate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfornicatusarched
2LatinfornicorI fornicate, commit fornication
3Latinfornixarch, vault; brothel
4Latinfurnusoven; bakery
5Proto-Italicfornos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰr̥-nós—
7Indo-European*gʷʰer-—
Every word from Indo-European *gʷʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós →Every word from Proto-Italic fornos →