Where does “forum” come from?

forum (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Latin forum, from Proto-Italic *forom — forum.

forum (Serbo-Croatian): forum

Definitions

  1. forum

Ancestry of “forum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinforumpublic place, marketplace, forum
2Proto-Italic*foromforum
Every word from Proto-Italic *foromEvery word from Latin forum