"home, hearth" in sette lingue
Significatohome, hearth
Spagnolo
/oˈgaɾ/
m.ereditaria
From the adjective FOCĀRIS 'of the hearth'.
Francese
/fwaje/
m.ereditaria
From *FOCĀRIUM; also a hostel, a lobby, a focal point.
Italiano
/fokoˈlare/
m.ereditaria
From *FOCULĀRE, built on the diminutive FOCULUS.
Portoghese
/lah/
m.altra origine · Latin LAREM, the household god
Rumeno
/kəˈmin/
neutroaltra origine · Slavic kaminŭ 'stove' (ultimately Latin CAMĪNUS)
Also a student hostel.
Catalano
/ʎa/
f.altra origine · Latin LAREM, the household god
The fireplace itself is the llar de foc.
Inglese
/hoʊm/
inglese nativa · Old English hām
L’antenato latino
FOCUM‘hearth, fireplace’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
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.
Parenti inglesi: focus, focal, fuel, curfew (couvre-feu 'cover the fire')