Where does “forum” come from?

forum (Spanish) comes from French forum, from English forum, from Latin forum, from Proto-Italic *forom — forum.

Ancestry of “forum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchforumforum
2EnglishforumA place for discussion; A gathering for the...
3Latinforumpublic place, marketplace, forum
4Proto-Italic*foromforum
Every word from Proto-Italic *forom →Every word from Latin forum →Every word from English forum →