Where does “fumus” come from?

fumus (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

fumus (Latin): smoke, steam, fume

Definitions

  1. smoke, steam, fume

Ancestry of “fumus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicfūmossmoke
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰuh₂móssmoke
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “fumus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →