Where does “fornix” come from?

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

fornix (Latin): arch, vault; brothel

Definitions

  1. arch, vault; brothel

Ancestry of “fornix”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfurnusoven; bakery
2Proto-Italicfornos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰr̥-nós—
4Indo-European*gʷʰer-—

Words derived from “fornix”

Every word from Indo-European *gʷʰer- →