Where does “fum” come from?
fum (Volapük) comes from French fourmi, from Old French furmi, from Vulgar Latin formicus, from Latin formīca, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
fum (Volapük): certainty
Ancestry of “fum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | fourmi | ant; pins and needles |
| 2 | Old French | furmi | ant |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | formicus | — |
| 4 | Latin | formīca | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ārium | — |
| 6 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |