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foetĕo

to stink

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What it meant

1. foeteo — de Vaan

foeteo 'to stink' [v. II] (P1.+; variants faet-,jet-) Derivatives: foetidus 'stinking' (PL+). Pit *jwoit-1 *fwoje/ot- 'smoking, smelly'. PIE *dhuoh2-i- 'to smoke'. IE cognates: Olr. de [£], gen. diad 'smoke', Mir. deihach folium 'id/ < *duiiotr < *dhuh2-i-ot- (see s.v. suffid for the phonetics); Hit tuhhuuai- / tuhhui- [c] 'smoke' < PIE nom. *cfuehru-di-s, ace. *ctuh2-u-oi-m, gen. *auh2-u-i-os. % EM suggest that … — [de Vaan, s.v. foeteo, p. 243]

2. foetĕo — Lewis & Short

foetĕo, v. feteo.

Where it came from

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