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affumare.

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

8 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb/affuˈmare/
  1. smoke (apply smoke to, e.g. food)

    Proto-Romance · reconstruction · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mós Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós Proto-Italic *θūmos Proto-Italic *fūmos Latin fūmus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -āre Latin *affūmāre From ad- (“to”) + fūmus (“smoke”, noun) + -āre (verb-forming suffix).

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