Where does “fornicator” come from?

fornicator (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-.

fornicator (Latin): fornicator (male)

Definitions

  1. fornicator (male)

Ancestry of “fornicator”, 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 “fornicator”

Every word from Indo-European *gʷʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós →Every word from Proto-Italic fornos →