Where does “fumigenă” come from?

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

fumigenă (Romanian): smoke grenade

Definitions

  1. smoke grenade

Ancestry of “fumigenă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfumigènesmoke grenade, smoke device
2Latinfūmussmoke, steam, fume
3Proto-Italicfūmossmoke
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰuh₂móssmoke
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós →Every word from Proto-Italic fūmos →