fomes

  1. (declension-3) tinder, kindling
  2. (Medieval-Latin, declension-3) tinderbox
  3. (New-Latin, declension-3) fomite

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈfoː.mɛs]
Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-. Related to Latin foveō (“I keep warm”), compare Latin fōmentum (“compress, poultice; kindling; mitigation”).

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