Where does “fum” come from?

fum (Romanian) comes from Latin fūmus, from Proto-Italic fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

fum (Romanian): smoke

Definitions

  1. smoke

Ancestry of “fum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfūmussmoke, steam, fume
2Proto-Italicfūmossmoke
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰuh₂móssmoke
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “fum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós →Every word from Proto-Italic fūmos →