Where does “fournaise” come from?

fournaise (Middle French) comes from Old French fornaise, from Old French fornais, from Latin fornāx — a furnace, oven, kiln.

fournaise (Middle French): furnace

Definitions

  1. furnace

Ancestry of “fournaise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfornaisefurnace
2Old Frenchfornaisfurnace
3Latinfornāxa furnace, oven, kiln
Every word from Latin fornāx →Every word from Old French fornais →Every word from Old French fornaise →