focus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- fireplace, hearth
- firepan, coal pan, brazier
- (figuratively) house, family
- (Vulgar Latin) fire
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (speak, shine, say, glow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰeh₂-
Gloss
speak, shine, say, glow
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
話
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- apofocus English
- autofocus English
- bifocus English
- cent English
- cental English
- centi- English
- cofocus English
- cryofocus English
- cwt. English
- defocus English
- focaccia English
- focal English
- focus English
- focusability English
- focusable English
- focuser English
- focusless English
- hydrofocus English
- hyperfocus English
- microfocus English
- misfocus English
- nanofocus English
- overfocus English
- phenogam English
- phone English
- phonetics English
- phonology English
- prefocus English
- pyrophane English
- refocus English
- retrofocus English
- underfocus English
- unfocus English
- fokus Finnish
- *focacia Latin
- *focācia Latin
- *focāria Latin
- *focārium Latin
- *focīlis Latin
- *focīlis [petra] Latin
- *infocāre Latin
- centiceps Latin
- centiens Latin
- centies Latin
- centimanus Latin
- centipes Latin
- centum Latin
- centuplico Latin
- confessus Latin
- confābulātiōnem Latin
- cōnfābulārī Latin
- fabulosus Latin
- facundus Latin
- fata Latin
- fatum Latin
- focaceus Latin
- focacius Latin
- focilo Latin
- foculus Latin
- foculāris Latin
- focum Latin
- focācius Latin
- focāris Latin
- focārius Latin
- focō Latin
- fābula Latin
- fābulōsus Latin
- fātum Latin
- fētiālēs Latin
- infans Latin
- professio Latin
- professiō Latin
- professor Latin
- professus Latin
- profiteor Latin
- profitērī Latin
- īnfāntem, īnfāns Latin
- Autofokus German
- Fokus German
- Tryptophan German
- fokussieren German
- centi- Hungarian
- fókusz Hungarian
- pogácsa Hungarian
- autofocus Italian
- cento Italian
- controfuoco Italian
- coprifuoco Italian
- focaccia Italian
- focaia Italian
- focheggiare Italian
- fochista Italian
- focolare Italian
- focoso Italian
- focus Italian
- fonologia Italian
- fonosemantica Italian
- fonosimbolo Italian
- fotogenia Italian
- fotogenicità Italian
- fuocherello Italian
- fuoco Italian
- fuoco amico Italian
- infuocare Italian
- parafuoco Italian
- xilofonista Italian
- xilofono Italian
- focus Dutch, Flemish
- focussen Dutch, Flemish
- centimètre French
- dysphémisme French
- feu French
- fouace French
- foyer French
- mètre French
- photogénique French
- phène French
- phényle French
- autofoco Spanish, Castilian
- cien Spanish, Castilian
- ciento Spanish, Castilian
- focaccia Spanish, Castilian
- foco Spanish, Castilian
- fogata Spanish, Castilian
- foquismo Spanish, Castilian
- fuego Spanish, Castilian
- habladuría Spanish, Castilian
- hogaza Spanish, Castilian
- hoguera Spanish, Castilian
- huego Spanish, Castilian
- xilofonista Spanish, Castilian
- xilófono Spanish, Castilian
- -φωνος Ancient Greek
- -φωνος, φωνή Ancient Greek
- Διόφαντος Ancient Greek
- Ναυσιφάνης Ancient Greek
- Ξενοφάνης Ancient Greek
- βλασφημέω Ancient Greek
- βλασφημία Ancient Greek
- διαφαίνω Ancient Greek
- εὐφημισμός Ancient Greek
- μέτρον Ancient Greek
- παμφανόων Ancient Greek
- προφήτης Ancient Greek
- συκοφάντης Ancient Greek
- φάσις Ancient Greek
- φάσμα Ancient Greek
- φαίνω Ancient Greek
- φαινόμενον Ancient Greek
- φανή Ancient Greek
- φανερός Ancient Greek
- φωνέω Ancient Greek
- φωνή Ancient Greek
- φωνήεις Ancient Greek
- φωνητῐκός Ancient Greek
- φώνημα Ancient Greek
- φᾰντᾰστῐκός Ancient Greek
- φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ Ancient Greek
- ἀπόφασις Ancient Greek
- ἀργεϊφόντης Ancient Greek
- ἀφασία Ancient Greek
- Ἀριστοφάνειος Ancient Greek
- ἐμφατικός Ancient Greek
- ἐπιφάνεια Ancient Greek
- ἐπιφαίνω Ancient Greek
- ἔμφασις Ancient Greek
- ἱεροφάντης Ancient Greek
- *bʰeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂, *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂-, *bʰ-né-h₂-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂-meh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂os Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰh₂-new-ti, bʰh₂-n̥w-énti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰh₂wesnós Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰn̥h₂-é-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰo-sk- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰoh₂-néh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰéh₂meh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰéh₂os Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰéh₂ti Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Indo-European
- bʰeh₂, *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- bʰh₂-sḱéti, *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- autofokus Norwegian Bokmål
- fokus Norwegian Bokmål
- autofoco Portuguese
- fadista Portuguese
- fado Portuguese
- foco Portuguese
- fogaça Portuguese
- fogo Portuguese
- *bannaną Proto-Germanic
- *bannijaną Proto-Germanic
- *bōniz Proto-Germanic
- *bōnō Proto-Germanic
- cent Polish
- centymetr Polish
- autofokus Norwegian Nynorsk
- fokus Norwegian Nynorsk
- भनति Sanskrit
- भाति Sanskrit
- भान Sanskrit
- भाषति Sanskrit
- भाषते Sanskrit
- भाषा Sanskrit
- fabhalscéal Irish
- fabhalscéalaí Irish
- fabhalscéalaíocht Irish
- fócas Irish
- banna Old Norse
- bón Old Norse
- centi- Danish
- *bajьka Proto-Slavic
- *cęta Proto-Slavic
- cent Old French
- coeverfu Old French
- feu Old French
- foier Old French
- foisil Old French
- fouaille Old French
- fu Old French
- fuisil Old French
- cent Esperanto
- cent Catalan, Valencian
- foc Catalan, Valencian
- focus Catalan, Valencian
- fogassa Catalan, Valencian
- foguera Catalan, Valencian
- bæn Icelandic
- bón Icelandic
- senti- Icelandic
- Zanfoga Galician
- entrefollo Galician
- fogar Galician
- fogaza Galician
- fogo Galician
- santafollo Galician
- foc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- focar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- focos Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- înfoca Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- înfocare Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bahasa Indonesia Indonesian
- ban Middle Dutch
- cents Latvian
- բառ Old Armenian
- բոց Old Armenian
- բոցեղէն Old Armenian
- senti- Faroese
- faeu Norman
- feu Norman
- bahasa Malay
- bahasa Malaysia Malay
- фокус Bulgarian
- fochen Middle High German
- bëzej Albanian
- qind Albanian
- feu Middle French
- *bōnōn gmw-pro
- cen Old Portuguese
- cento Old Portuguese
- fogo Old Portuguese
- fogueira Old Portuguese
- *bānos Proto-Celtic
- bōnen Middle Low German
- *bʰaH- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *bʰáHti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *bʰáHšaH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- foc Aromanian
- fucos Aromanian
- tsendu Aromanian
- tsentu Aromanian
- cent Occitan
- fuòc Occitan
- *fatēōr Proto-Italic
- *fāðlā Proto-Italic
- *fāōr Proto-Italic
- *kentom Proto-Italic
- fi Romansh
- fia Romansh
- fiac Romansh
- fieu Romansh
- fiug Romansh
- fö Romansh
- cien Asturian
- cientu Asturian
- fuegu Asturian
- fueu Asturian
- cent Friulian
- fogolâr Friulian
- fûc Friulian
- centas Lithuanian
- *bʰáHti Proto-Indo-Aryan
- foc Old Occitan
- fogar Old Spanish
- fuego Old Spanish
- focu Sicilian
- fucili Sicilian
- fogołaro Venetian
- fógo Venetian
- sento Venetian
- zsento Venetian
- 𑀪𑀸𑀤𑀺 Sauraseni Prakrit
- enfanter xno
- *refenj- Proto-Albanian
- *wrefenj- Proto-Albanian
- batifêugo Ligurian
- fêugo Ligurian
- çénto Ligurian
- ciant Dalmatian
- fuc Dalmatian
- feu Walloon
- fokus Crimean Tatar
- chentu Sardinian
- fusile Sardinian
- fuoco Neapolitan
- nfucato Neapolitan
- sento Istriot
- *mləspʰāmos Proto-Hellenic
- *pʰáňňō Proto-Hellenic
- centu Corsican
- focu Corsican
- fuego Aragonese
- cien Mirandese
- fuogo Mirandese
- бон Ossetian, Ossetic
- joco San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo
- cinde Tarantino
- fuèche Tarantino
- fata
- focō
- focum
- fatum
- fātum
- infans
- centum
- focilo
- fābula
- centies
- īnfāns
- foculus
- focāris
- *focācia
- centipes
- facundus
- focārius
- īnfāntem
- *focīlis
- focācius
- centiens
- fētiālēs
- *focacia
- focaceus
- focacius
- *focāria
- profitērī
- professiō
- fabulosus
- *focārium
- professio
- foculāris
- professus
- centiceps
- profiteor
- confessus
- fābulōsus
- *infocāre
- professor
- centuplico
- centimanus
- cōnfābulārī
- confābulātiōnem
- *focīlis [petra]