Where does “feum” come from?

feum (Middle English) comes from Middle English fume, from Old French fum, from Latin fūmus, from Proto-Italic fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

feum (Middle English): Alternative form of fume

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of fume

Ancestry of “feum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishfumeVisible gaseous emanations; fumes or smoke; Any...
2Old Frenchfumsmoke
3Latinfūmussmoke, steam, fume
4Proto-Italicfūmossmoke
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰuh₂móssmoke
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós →Every word from Proto-Italic fūmos →
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