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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=ine-pro *dʰuh₂-mó-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfuː.mɪ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfuː.mi.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''fūmigō''' (present infinitive fūmigāre, perfect active fūmigāvī, supine fūmigātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|fūmus|-igō|t1=smoke]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨fūmus⟩ to [[itc-pro|*fūmo-]], [[ine-pro|*dʰuh₂-mó-|t=smoke]], cognate with [[sa|धूम|tr=dhūmá-|t=smoke]] and [[grc|θυμός|tr=thūmós|t=spirit]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite Varro, of smoking beehives.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to treat with smoke, smoke, fumigate, as of beehives in Varro and Columella, and intransitively to smoke.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to smoke.^(Stelten 1995) It survives as Italian ''fumigare'' and Romanian ''fumega'', and English ''fumigate'' (1520s) is from it, and English ''funk'' may come from a northern Old French descendant.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1520s – English ''fumigate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|smoke]], [[m|en|fumigate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # ''(intransitive)'' To give off smoke.^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[fūmigābundus]]
+ * [[fumigium]]
+ * [[suffūmigō,]]
+ * [[fūmigāns]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[fūmus]]
+ * [[fūmō]]
+ * [[en|fumigate]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}