English
fumigation
Fumigation comes from Latin fumigo ‘to smoke, fumigate, treat with smoke’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰewh₂-‘smoke’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰuh₂mós‘smoke’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θūmosreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fūmos‘smoke’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūmus‘smoke’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfumigo‘to smoke, fumigate, treat with smoke’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEfumigatio
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400fumigation
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fumygacioun‘the burning of odorous substances for medicinal or religious reasons’
- Englishtodayfumigation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰewh₂-‘smoke’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰuh₂mós‘smoke’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θūmosreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fūmos‘smoke’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūmus‘smoke’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfumigo‘to smoke, fumigate, treat with smoke’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEfumigatio
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400fumigation
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fumygacioun‘the burning of odorous substances for medicinal or religious reasons’
- Englishtodayfumigation
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- ‘smoke’
down, steam, dye, dew, dun, dune, duvet, dag, thymus, obfuscate, typhon, 27 more
through Latin fūmus ‘smoke’
through Latin fumigo ‘to smoke, fumigate, treat with smoke’
Today it means
noun The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- / fumigation