Where does “fornicação” come from?

fornicação (Portuguese) comes from Latin fornicatio, from Latin fornix, from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic fornos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós, from Indo-European *gʷʰer-.

fornicação (Portuguese): fornication sexual intercourse, especially on the part of an unmarried person

Definitions

  1. fornication sexual intercourse, especially on the part of an unmarried person

Ancestry of “fornicação”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfornicatiofornication; whoredom, prostitution
2Latinfornixarch, vault; brothel
3Latinfurnusoven; bakery
4Proto-Italicfornos
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰr̥-nós
6Indo-European*gʷʰer-
Every word from Indo-European *gʷʰer-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nósEvery word from Proto-Italic fornos
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