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Senshome, hearth
Espagnol
/oˈgaɾ/
masc.héréditaire
From the adjective FOCĀRIS 'of the hearth'.
Français
/fwaje/
masc.héréditaire
From *FOCĀRIUM; also a hostel, a lobby, a focal point.
Italien
/fokoˈlare/
masc.héréditaire
From *FOCULĀRE, built on the diminutive FOCULUS.
Portugais
/lah/
masc.autre source · Latin LAREM, the household god
Roumain
/kəˈmin/
neutreautre source · Slavic kaminŭ 'stove' (ultimately Latin CAMĪNUS)
Also a student hostel.
Catalan
/ʎa/
fém.autre source · Latin LAREM, the household god
The fireplace itself is the llar de foc.
Anglais
/hoʊm/
anglais natif · Old English hām
L’ancêtre latin
FOCUM‘hearth, fireplace’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Latin FOCUS was the hearth, and spoken Latin made it the word for fire itself (fuego, feu, fuoco). The hearth-words mean 'home' in a warm sense: the fire everyone gathers round.
Parents anglais: focus, focal, fuel, curfew (couvre-feu 'cover the fire')