Where does “fam” come from?
fam (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan fam, from Latin famēs, from Proto-Indo-European dʰH- — to disappear.
fam (Occitan): hunger
Ancestry of “fam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | fam | hunger |
| 2 | Latin | famēs | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰH- | to disappear |