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Where does “fu” come from?

fu (Old French) comes from Latin focus — fireplace, hearth; firepan, coal pan, brazier;...

fu (Old French): fire

Definitions

  1. fire

Ancestry of “fu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfocusfireplace, hearth; firepan, coal pan, brazier;...

Words derived from “fu”

  • curfew
  • curfewed
  • boutefeu
  • noncurfew
  • pot-au-feu
  • pot-au-feu
  • feu
  • feu follet
  • ポトフ
  • coeverfu
  • feu
  • coeverfu
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