Reconstruction:Latin/affumare

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From ad- (“to”) +‎ fūmus (“smoke”, noun) +‎ -āre (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /affuˈmare/

Verb

*affūmāre (Proto-Romance)

1. (transitive) smoke (apply smoke to, e.g. food)

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: afum
  • Romanian: afuma
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: affumare
  • Neapolitan: affumà
  • Sicilian: affumari
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Gascon: ahumar
  • Occitan: (N. Provence) afumar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: afumar
  • Galician: afumar
  • Portuguese: afumar
  • Spanish: ahumar

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fūmus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 855