English
fotive
Fotive comes from Latin foveō ‘to keep warm, to cherish’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- ‘to burn’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰegʷʰ-‘to burn’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰogʷʰéyetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θoɣʷejōreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*foɣʷeō‘to warm, make warm, keep warm’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfoveōas fovere‘to keep warm, to cherish’
- Englishearliest quotation 1633fotive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰegʷʰ-‘to burn’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰogʷʰéyetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θoɣʷejōreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*foɣʷeō‘to warm, make warm, keep warm’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfoveōas fovere‘to keep warm, to cherish’
- Englishearliest quotation 1633fotive
Earliest quotation: 1633, Thomas Carew: “barren seeds That drop from heaven, if I not…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- ‘to burn’
day, dear, dawn, darling, fever, daw, febrile, 19 more
through Latin foveō ‘to keep warm, to cherish’
Today it means
adj nourishing
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- / fotive