fumyter

Middle English

Alternative forms

fumterre, fumiter, fymetterre, fymter, fumetere

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fumiterre, from Latin fūmus terrae.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fiu̯miˈtɛːr(ə)/, /ˈfiu̯mitɛr(ə)/, /fumiˈtɛːr(ə)/, /fimiˈtɛːr(ə)/, /fumˈtɛːr(ə)/, /fimˈtɛːr(ə)/

Noun

fumyter (uncountable) (Late Middle English)

fumitory (plant of the genus Fumaria)

Descendants

English: fumitory (with remodelling of suffix)

References

“fū̆metēre, -ter(re, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-03.

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