Spumeous
/ˈspjuː.mi.əs/noun
Full of or resembling foam; frothy.
Did you know?Spumeous comes from the Latin spuma, meaning “foam,” the same root behind words for froth, scum, and the bubbling surface of liquids in old poetic and scientific writing.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*speu-
“to foam, spew, or spout”
Latin
Latin
spuma
“foam, froth, scum”
Late Latin
Latin
spumosus
“foamy, full of foam”
16th Century
English
spumeous
“foamy; frothy”
Modern English
English
spumeous
“full of or resembling foam”
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