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Where does “fam” come from?

fam (Old Occitan) comes from Latin famēs, from Proto-Indo-European dʰH- — to disappear.

fam (Old Occitan): hunger

Definitions

  1. hunger

Ancestry of “fam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfamēs—
2Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰH-to disappear

Words derived from “fam”

  • fam
  • fam
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰH- →