Fume
/fjuːm/noun
To emit or be filled with smoke, vapor, or strong emotion.
Did you know?English got fume through Old French from Latin fumus, and that same root also gave us words tied to smoke, vapor, and even the idea of being overwhelmed by invisible air.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dʰewh₂-
“to smoke, emit vapor”
Latin
Latin
fumus
“smoke, vapor, fume”
Old French
Old French
fume
“smoke, vapor”
Middle English
English
fume
“smoke, vapor; a state of anger or excitement”
Modern English
English
fume
“to emit vapor; to be in a state of intense anger”