Etymograph

English

fartene

From fart + -ene.

A compound of fart + -ene

Proto-Indo-European *perd- ‘to fart loudly, pass gas, break wind’

Proto-Germanic *fertaną ‘to break wind, fart’

Proto-West Germanic *fertan

Old English *feortan ‘to fart’

Middle English ferten

English fart

Today it means

noun an alkene derived from flatulence.

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

Etymograph / fartene