Where does “fornicar” come from?

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

fornicar (Portuguese): to fornicate

Definitions

  1. to fornicate

Ancestry of “fornicar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinfornicorI fornicate, commit fornication
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-nós →Every word from Proto-Italic fornos →