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Where does “fumător” come from?

fumător (Romanian) comes from Romanian fuma, from Vulgar Latin *fūmizāre, from Latin fumō, from Latin fūmus, from Proto-Italic fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

fumător (Romanian): smoker

Definitions

  1. smoker

Ancestry of “fumător”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfumato smoke; to smoke
2Vulgar Latin*fūmizāre—
3Latinfumō—
4Latinfūmus—
5Proto-Italicfūmossmoke
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰuh₂móssmoke
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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