Where does “фора” come from?
фора (Russian) comes from Italian fora, from Latin forās, from Latin -ās, from Latin -ātis, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
фора (Russian): head start, odds
Ancestry of “фора”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | fora | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Latin | forās | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ās | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ātis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |