fume
Middle English
/fiu̯m/
noun
Definitions
- Visible gaseous emanations; fumes or smoke.
- Any sort of vapour or gaseous emanation.
- (physiology) Fumes as the supposed cause of feelings.
- (rare) An airborne scent or odour.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French fum (steam, vapour, smoke) derived from Latin fũmus derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (smoke).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰuh₂mós
Gloss
smoke
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
煙
Emoji
🌋 🚬
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fume English
- fumous English
- fũmus Latin
- fūmus Latin
- fūmōsus Latin
- θῡμίαμα Ancient Greek
- *dʰewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰuh₂mós Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰweh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- धूम Sanskrit
- fumen Middle English
- fumosite Middle English
- fumous Middle English
- *dymъ Proto-Slavic
- fum Old French
- fumer Old French
- fumeus Old French
- *dʰuHmás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *fūmos Proto-Italic
- *ātuma Proto-Albanian
- *dūˀmas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *tʰūmós Proto-Hellenic