Where does “fust” come from?
fust (Middle French) comes from Old French fust, from Latin fūstis, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
fust (Middle French): third-person singular past historic of estre
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of estre
Ancestry of “fust”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | fust | third-person singular past historic of estre;... |
| 2 | Latin | fūstis | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ārium | — |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |