LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

affūmāre

*affūmāre

Meaning

  1. Proto Romancereconstructiontransitivesmoke (apply smoke to, e.g. food)

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinaffūmāre

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).

Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseafumar
  • Spanishahumar
  • Asturianafumar
  • Galicianafumar
Balkan Romance
  • Romanianafuma
  • Aromanianafum
Italo-Romance
  • Italianaffumare
  • Corsicanaffumà
  • Neapolitanaffumà
  • Sicilianaffumari
Gallo-Romance
  • Occitanafumar
  • Gasconahumarfrom Occitan afumar

Quick answers

What does affūmāre mean in Latin?
affūmāre, a verb, means “smoke (apply smoke to, e.g. food)”.
Where does affūmāre come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin affūmāre.