Cognate Set 877 – Meaning: fire

IE-CoR reference form:
focus
IE-CoR reference language:
Latin
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Romance lexemes from Latin focus 'hearth, fireplace' (Meyer-Lübke 1935:292-293). Further etymology uncertain (cf. Ernout & Meillet 1985:243, de Vaan 2008:228-229 for further discussion).
Found in clades:
Italic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 21 lexemes.
Leaflet
References
  • Ernout, Alfred and Meillet, Antoine: 243
    S.v. Lat. focus, -ī 'foyer (domestique, demeure des dieux Lares, Penates)'.
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm: 292-293
    S.v. 3400 Lat. focus 'Feuer'.
  • de Vaan, Michiel: 228-229
    S.v. Lat. focus 'hearth, fireplace'. The etymology of focus is disputed and there are no straightforward PIE solutions.