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LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

focus.

hearth, fireplace; altar; home, household, family; cook stove (Cal);

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈfɔ.kʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈfɔː.kus]

  1. fireplace; hearth

    declension-2 · masculine

  2. firepan; coal pan; brazier

    declension-2 · masculine

  3. altar

    declension-2 · masculine

  4. house; family

    declension-2 · figuratively · masculine

  5. fire

    Late-Latin · declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

The origin is uncertain. Usually connected with Old Armenian բոց (bocʻ, “flame”). * Some connect it along with faciēs, facētus, fax to Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”); if so, cognate at the root level with Sanskrit भाति॑ (bhā́ti), Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine”), etc. * Matasović, and Hamp before him, opt to derive from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Matasović believes that the -c- would have spread from the nominative of a root noun *dʰṓkʷʰ-s (< *dʰṓgʷʰ-s).

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