Masculine

focus

Meaning

(declension-2, masculine) fireplace, hearth
(declension-2, masculine) firepan, coal pan, brazier
(declension-2, figuratively, masculine) house, family
(Late-Latin, declension-2, masculine) fire

foyer

camīnus

φωτιά

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈfɔ.kʊs]

* The origin is uncertain. Usually connected with Old Armenian բոց (bocʻ). * Some connect this along with faciēs, facētus, fax to Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). In that case, cognate at the root level with Sanskrit भाति (bhā́ti), Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine”), etc. * Matasović, and Hamp before him, opt to derive this from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”); Matasović believes that the -c- would have spread from the nominative of a root noun *dʰṓgʷʰ-s (> *dʰṓkʷʰ-s).

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Masculine

focus

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