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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *dʰegʷʰ-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfɔ.we.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfɔː.ve.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''foveō''' (present infinitive fovēre, perfect active fōvī, supine fōtum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*foχweje/o-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*dʰogʷʰ-éye-|t=to make burn]], a causative of the root *dʰegʷʰ- “to burn”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[sa|दहति|tr=dáhati|t=burns]], [[lt|degù|t=I burn]], [[sga|daig|t=fire]] and [[sq|djeg|t=to burn]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus, who speaks of dishes kept warm on glowing braziers.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to make or keep warm, as birds keep their chicks warm with their wings in Cicero, then to comfort, soothe or relieve, and in a bad sense to pamper.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In medicine it was to bathe or foment a part of the body.^(OLD 2012) It also meant to fondle or caress, to foster or nurture people and plants, to favour or support one side, and to promote an activity or feeling.^(OLD 2012)
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+ Its derivative [[fōmentum]] “warm application” gave, through Late Latin ''fōmentāre'' and French, [[en|foment]] in the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus speaks of dishes kept warm on braziers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero describes birds keeping their chicks warm.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English ''foment'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To keep [[m|en|warm]], heat.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To soothe, relieve; to pamper.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(medicine)'' To bathe, [[m|en|foment]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To caress.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|foster]], nurture.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To favour, support; to promote.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[cōnfoveō]]
+ * [[effoveō]]
+ * [[fōmentum]]
+ * [[fōtus]]
+ * [[fovēla]]
+ * [[perfoveō]]
+ * [[refoveō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[fōmes]]
+ * [[favīlla]]
+ * [[en|foment]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}