Etymograph

English

effume

Effume comes from Latin effumare ‘to emit smoke’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰewh₂-‘smoke’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰuh₂mós‘smoke’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θūmosreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fūmos‘smoke’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfumus‘smoke’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfumare‘to smoke’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEeffumare‘to emit smoke’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1599effume

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰewh₂-‘smoke’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰuh₂mós‘smoke’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θūmosreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fūmos‘smoke’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfumus‘smoke’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfumare‘to smoke’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEeffumare‘to emit smoke’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1599effume

Earliest quotation: 1599, B. I. [i.e.: “I can make this dog take as many whiffes…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- ‘smoke’

down, steam, dye, dew, dun, dune, duvet, dag, thymus, typhon, obfuscate, 27 more

through Latin fumus ‘smoke’

funk, fumigation, 14 more

Today it means

verb To breathe or puff out.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- / effume

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