Where does “fau” come from?

fau (Old French) comes from Latin fāgus, from Proto-Italic fāgos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

fau (Old French): beech

Definitions

  1. beech

Ancestry of “fau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfāgusbeech tree
2Proto-Italicfāgos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech

Words derived from “fau”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Italic fāgos →Every word from Latin fāgus →
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