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Forni

Forni comes from Italian forno ‘oven’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘warm, hot’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰer-‘warm, hot’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰr̥-nósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fornosreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfornus
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfurnus‘oven’
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentforno‘oven’
  7. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentForniplural form of forno
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰer-‘warm, hot’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰr̥-nósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fornosreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfornus
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfurnus‘oven’
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentforno‘oven’
  7. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentForniplural form of forno
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘warm, hot’

warm, thermal, gore, thermos, gory, forceps, garlick, 18 more

through Latin fornus

furnace, 3 more

Today it means

name A surname from Italian.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- / Forni

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