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
- inflection of fugi:
## first-person singular...
Ancestry of “fug”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | fugi | to run; to flee, run away, escape |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | fugire | — |
| 3 | Latin | fugere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | fugiō | to flee |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewg- | to flee; to enjoy, benefit |