fume

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰuh₂mós“smoke”
2. Latin · derived fromfūmus“vapour, smoke”
3. Old French · derived fromfum“smoke, steam, vapour”
4. Middle English · inherited fromfume
5. English todayfume

From Middle English fume, from Old French fum (“smoke, steam, vapour”), from Latin fūmus (“vapour, smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”), from *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”). Doublet of thymus and thymos. More at dun, dusk, dust.

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