English
fuligin
Fuligin comes from Italian fuliggine ‘soot’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- ‘smoke’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰewh₂-‘smoke’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰuh₂li-reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūlīginem
- Italianc. 1300–presentfuliggine‘soot’
- Englishearliest quotation 1980fuligin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰewh₂-‘smoke’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰuh₂li-reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūlīginem
- Italianc. 1300–presentfuliggine‘soot’
- Englishearliest quotation 1980fuligin
Earliest quotation: 1980, Gene Wolfe, New York: Simon & Schuster: “What is the tinct of your own guild?” “Fuligin,”…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- ‘smoke’
down, steam, dye, dew, funk, dun, dune, duvet, dag, thymus, fume, typhon, obfuscate, fumigation, 26 more
Today it means
noun soot, lampblack.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- / fuligin