FOCUM → fuego · feu · fuoco

The hearth became the fire itself. Its short stressed o broke apart in three sisters — ue in Spanish, uo in Italian, eu in French — but stayed whole in Portuguese fogo and in Romanian and Catalan foc; the k between vowels softened in Spanish and Portuguese, vanished in French, and held firm in Tuscan and Romanian.

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FOCUM

‘fire (Latin: hearth)’

ItalianStep 1 of 3

Classical Latin accusative; it meant 'hearth'

SpanishStep 1 of 4

Classical Latin accusative; it meant 'hearth'

FrenchStep 1 of 3

Classical Latin accusative; it meant 'hearth'

PortugueseStep 1 of 4

Classical Latin accusative; it meant 'hearth'

RomanianStep 1 of 3

Classical Latin accusative; it meant 'hearth'

CatalanStep 1 of 4

Classical Latin accusative; it meant 'hearth'

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The hearth became the fire itself. Its short stressed o broke apart in three sisters — ue in Spanish, uo in Italian, eu in French — but stayed whole in Portuguese fogo and in Romanian and Catalan foc; the k between vowels softened in Spanish and Portuguese, vanished in French, and held firm in Tuscan and Romanian.

Forms are written in IPA, the International Phonetic Alphabet: one symbol, one sound. Stressed syllables carry ˈ. Dates are approximate and given only where the handbooks agree. 24 word journeys.