Where does “fuga” come from?

fuga (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic fugā, from Proto-Indo-European bʰugéh₂, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewg- — to flee; to enjoy, benefit.

fuga (Latin): flight, fleeing, escape; avoidance; exile

Definitions

  1. flight, fleeing, escape; avoidance; exile

Ancestry of “fuga”, step by step

fuga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic fugā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicfugāflight, escape
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰugéh₂flight, escape
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewg-to flee; to enjoy, benefit

via Latin fugiō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfugiōto flee, fly, take flight, escape, depart, run, run away, recede
2Proto-Italicfugiōto flee
3Indo-European*bʰewg-—

Words derived from “fuga”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰugéh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic fugā →