fome
Middle English
/fɔːm/
noun
Definitions
- foam a layer of bubbles associated with the sea
- Detritus that floats to the top of a fluid; residue.
- The ocean a large, open body of water
- (rare) spit, slobber liquid emitted from the mouth, used in medieval medicine
Etymology
Inherited from Old English fām derived from Proto-Germanic *faimaz (foam).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*faimaz
Gloss
foam
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
🛁
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afoam English
- antifoam English
- befoam English
- biofoam English
- defoam English
- foam English
- foamability English
- foamable English
- foamback English
- foamboard English
- foamer English
- foamest English
- foameth English
- foamflower English
- foamless English
- foamlike English
- foamy English
- geofoam English
- macrofoam English
- meadowfoam English
- microfoam English
- nanofoam English
- nonfoam English
- polyfoam English
- seafoam English
- *(s)poHy-m-os Proto-Indo-European
- *faimaz Proto-Germanic
- fam Old English
- famblawende Old English
- famig Old English
- fām Old English
- fāmgian Old English
- fāmiġ Old English
- fomen Middle English
- fomy Middle English
- fomynge Middle English
- โฟม Thai
- feim Old High German
- fám Faroese