Where does “furvus” come from?

furvus (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European dʰwēs- — to breathe.

furvus (Latin): dark, dusky, gloomy, swarthy, black

Definitions

  1. dark, dusky, gloomy, swarthy, black

Ancestry of “furvus”, step by step

furvus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European dʰwēs-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwēs-to breathe

via Cornish furv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishfurvfigure, form

Words derived from “furvus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwēs- →