Where does “foajé” come from?

foajé (Swedish) comes from French foyer, from Vulgar Latin focarium, from Latin focārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

foajé (Swedish): foyer

Definitions

  1. foyer

Ancestry of “foajé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfoyerhearth; lobby, foyer; home, domicile
2Vulgar Latinfocarium—
3Latinfocāriusa kitchen-boy
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin focārius →