Etymograph

English

fuero

Fuero comes from Spanish fuero ‘charter’, from Latin forum ‘public place, marketplace, forum’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwór-o-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰwór-o-1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θworom1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fworom1reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*forom1‘forum’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEforum1‘public place, marketplace, forum’
  6. Old Spanishc. 950–1500fuero1
  7. Spanishc. 1500–presentfuero2‘charter’
  8. Englishtodayfuero2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Spanish fuero
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English fuero

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰwór-o-Wiktionary, Spanish fueroreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θworomWiktionary, Spanish fueroreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fworomWiktionary, Spanish fueroreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*foromWiktionary, Spanish fuero‘forum’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEforumWiktionary, Spanish fuero‘public place, marketplace, forum’
  6. Old Spanishc. 950–1500fueroWiktionary, Spanish fuero
  7. Spanishc. 1500–presentfueroWiktionary, English fuero‘charter’
  8. EnglishtodayfueroWiktionary, English fuero

Linked words

through Latin forum ‘public place, marketplace, forum’

forum, forensic, fora, 3 more

Today it means

noun A code; a charter; a grant of privileges.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “fuero”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Spanish fuero. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰwór-o- / fuero

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