Where does “fim” come from?

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

fim (Louisiana Creole): hungry

Definitions

  1. hungry

Ancestry of “fim”, 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 →
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