Where does “fourneau” come from?

fourneau (Middle French) comes from Old French fornel, from Old French forn, from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic fornos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós, from Indo-European *gʷʰer-.

fourneau (Middle French): furnace

Definitions

  1. furnace

Ancestry of “fourneau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfornel—
2Old Frenchfornoven
3Latinfurnusoven; bakery
4Proto-Italicfornos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰr̥-nós—
6Indo-European*gʷʰer-—

Words derived from “fourneau”

Every word from Indo-European *gʷʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós →Every word from Proto-Italic fornos →