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Where does “fug” come from?

fug (Romanian) comes from Romanian fugi, from Vulgar Latin fugire, from Latin fugere, from Proto-Italic fugiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewg- — to flee; to enjoy, benefit.

fug (Romanian): inflection of fugi: ## first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. inflection of fugi: ## first-person singular...

Ancestry of “fug”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfugito run; to flee, run away, escape
2Vulgar Latinfugire—
3Latinfugerethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
4Proto-Italicfugiōto flee
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewg-to flee; to enjoy, benefit
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