foamete

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foamete¹

  • /ˈfo̯a.me.te/

Rhymes with -amete

Where it comes from

Probably from foame, or from an unknown Latin root derived from fames as a parallel formation to foame. Compare also the plural declension of words like cap > capete. Another possibility is that it was influenced in spoken Latin by fomes, fomitem. Compare Aromanian foamitã.

noun foamete · foametea · foametele

  1. feminine famine, starvation

Foamete²

Where it comes from

From foamete.

proper noun lui Foamete

  1. masculine a surname

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"foamete." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/foamete. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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foamete. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/foamete

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"foamete." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/foamete.

BibTeX
@misc{foamete_2026,
  title = {foamete},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/foamete},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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