Etymograph

English

fumage

Fumage comes from Old French fumage, from Latin fumus ‘smoke’, and ultimately from 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. Old Frenchc. 842–1400fumage
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1765–1769same form

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. Old Frenchc. 842–1400fumage
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1765–1769same form

Earliest quotation: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England: “As early as the conquest mention is made in…”

Linked words

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

down, steam, dye, dew, dun, dune, duvet, thymus, dag, typhon, obfuscate, 26 more

through Latin fumus ‘smoke’

funk, fume, fumigation, 13 more

Today it means

noun Hearth tax.

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

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

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