Where does “faim” come from?

faim (Louisiana Creole) comes from French faim, from Old French faim, from Latin fames, from Proto-Indo-European dʰH- — to disappear.

faim (Louisiana Creole): hunger

Definitions

  1. hunger

Ancestry of “faim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfaimhunger
2Old Frenchfaim—
3Latinfameshunger
4Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰH-to disappear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰH- →Every word from Latin fames →Every word from Old French faim →