Where does “forum” come from?

forum (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic *forom — forum.

forum (Latin): public place, marketplace, forum

Definitions

  1. public place, marketplace, forum

Ancestry of “forum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*foromforum

Words derived from “forum

Every word from Proto-Italic *forom
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