English
fogou
Fogou comes from Cornish fogo ‘cave’.
- Cornishmodernfogo‘cave’
- Englishearliest quotation 2005fogou
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Cornishmodernfogo‘cave’
- Englishearliest quotation 2005fogou
Earliest quotation: 2005, Ross Heaven, Simon Buxton: “Cornish fogous typically consist of a long passage with…”
Every English word from Cornish fogo
Today it means
noun A Cornish souterrain, an underground, dry-stone-walled chamber open on two ends.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cornish fogo / fogou