Where does “фюзеляж” come from?
фюзеляж (Russian) comes from French fuselage, from French fuseler, from Old French fusel, from Old French fus, from Latin fūsus, from Latin fundere, from Latin fundo, from Latin fundus — smoke; mist, haze.
фюзеляж (Russian): fuselage
Ancestry of “фюзеляж”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | fuselage | fuselage |
| 2 | French | fuseler | to give the shape of a spindle |
| 3 | Old French | fusel | — |
| 4 | Old French | fus | — |
| 5 | Latin | fūsus | — |
| 6 | Latin | fundere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 7 | Latin | fundo | I pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make... |
| 8 | Latin | fundus | bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |