Etymograph

English

fumarole

Fumarole comes from Late Latin fūmāriolum ‘a forge with a narrower chimney or vent’, 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. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEfūmārium‘chimney’
  7. Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEfūmāriolum‘a forge with a narrower chimney or vent’diminutive of fūmārium
  8. Neapolitanmodernfumarola
  9. Italianc. 1300–presentsame form
  10. Englishearliest quotation 2003fumarole

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. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEfūmārium‘chimney’
  7. Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEfūmāriolum‘a forge with a narrower chimney or vent’diminutive of fūmārium
  8. Neapolitanmodernfumarola
  9. Italianc. 1300–presentsame form
  10. Englishearliest quotation 2003fumarole

Earliest quotation: 2003, L.J. Wardell, P. Delmelle: “Masaya did not offer an opportunity to sample high-temperature…”

Equivalent to fume + -ar + -ola

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- ‘to smoke, raise dust’

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Proto-Italic *fūmos

Latin fūmus ‘vapour, smoke’

Old French fum ‘smoke, steam, vapour’

Middle English fume ‘Visible gaseous emanations’

English fume

Linked words

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

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

through Latin fumus ‘smoke’

funk, fume, fumigation, 13 more

Today it means

noun An opening in the ground that emits steam and gases due to volcanic activity.

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

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

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