Etymograph

English

fumulus

Blend of fume + cumulus.

A blend of fume + cumulus

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

Latin cumulus ‘heap, pile’

English cumulus

Today it means

noun A very thin cloud resembling a veil, especially one formed of water droplets from a rising plume (from a cooling tower etc)

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

Etymograph / fumulus