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fomes.

chips of wood, etc for kindling/feeding a fire;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈfoː.mɛs]Classical-Latin[ˈfɔː.mes]
  1. tinder, kindling

    declension-3
  2. tinderbox

    Medieval-Latin · declension-3
  3. fomite

    New-Latin · declension-3
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-. Related to Latin foveō (“to keep warm”), compare Latin fōmentum (“compress, poultice; kindling; mitigation”).

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