English
funk
Funk comes from Old Northern French fungier ‘to 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 CEfumigoas fūmigāre, alteration‘to smoke, fumigate’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEfūmicāre
- Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400fungier‘to smoke’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfunquer
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentdialectal
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1709funk
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 CEfumigoas fūmigāre, alteration‘to smoke, fumigate’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEfūmicāre
- Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400fungier‘to smoke’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfunquer
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentdialectal
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1709funk
Earliest quotation: c. 1709, William King: “He funks Basketia and her son to death”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- ‘smoke’
down, steam, dye, dew, duvet, dag, dune, dun, thymus, typhon, obfuscate, 27 more
through Latin fūmus ‘smoke’
through Latin fumigo ‘to smoke, fumigate’
Today it means
noun Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- / funk