Etymology

fogou

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Today it means: A Cornish souterrain, an underground, dry-stone-walled chamber open on two ends. Full definition →

Cornish fogo
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The story

  1. Cornish · borrowed fromfogo“cave”
  2. English todayfogou

From Cornish fogo (“cave”); compare vug.

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