spume
Meaningfoam
Common meaning: froth
- spumfoam, frothLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1747 · scan
Journey through time
- Latinspūma, -ae‘foam, froth’
- Middle Englishspumesource
- Englishspume‘froth’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin spūma ‘foam, froth’.
Roots
- spūma, -ae Latin “foam, froth”
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