funingine

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin fūlīginem, accusative singular of fūlīgo, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂li-, from *dʰewh₂-. The expected Romanian result would have been *furigine, but was probably modified through assimilation.

Noun

funingine f (plural funingini)

  1. soot, lampblack, smut

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