fume

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 232 words | Copyright

fume sb. XIV. — (i) OF. fum :- L. fūmus; (ii) OF. fume, f. fumer :- L. fumāre smoke, whence fume vb. XIV.
So fumigate XVI. f. pp. stem of L. fūmigāre; see -ATE3. fumigation XIV. — (O)F. or medL.

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