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Where does “fuet” come from?

fuet (Spanish) comes from Catalan fuet, from French fouet, from Old French fou, from Latin fāgus, from Proto-Italic fāgos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

fuet (Spanish): fuet

Definitions

  1. fuet

Ancestry of “fuet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanfuetwhip; fuet
2Frenchfouetwhip; whisk; tip
3Old Frenchfoubeech
4Latinfāgus—
5Proto-Italicfāgos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech
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