famine
French
noun
Definitions
- famine
Etymology
Inherited from Old French famine derived from Latin famēs (hunger).
Origin
Latin
famēs
Gloss
hunger
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *fam(i)ne(m) Latin
- *fam(i)ne(m), *faminem Latin
- *faminem Latin
- *faminentus Latin
- famem Latin
- famēs Latin
- fame Italian
- *dʰH- Proto-Indo-European
- faim Old French
- fain Old French
- famine Old French
- foame Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- fame Old Portuguese
- foami Aromanian
- fam Romansh
- fom Romansh
- fan Friulian
- fam Old Occitan
- faim Bourguignon