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Where does “fornais” come from?

fornais (Old French) comes from Latin fornāx.

fornais (Old French): furnace

Definitions

  1. furnace

Ancestry of “fornais”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfornāx—

Words derived from “fornais”

  • furnace
  • furnaceman
  • furnacelike
  • microfurnace
  • almond-furnace
  • nonfurnace
  • fournaise
  • fornace
  • forneys
  • foirnéis
  • fornaise
  • fournaise
  • furnish
Every word from Latin fornāx →