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Origin and history of spume

spume(n.)

"foam, frothy matter in fluids or liquids," late 14c., from Old French spume, espume and directly from Latin spuma "foam" (also source of Italian spuma, Spanish espuma), which is cognate with Old English fam, Old High German veim "foam" (see foam (n.)). Also from 14c. as a verb, "to foam or froth," from Latin spumare. Related: Spumed; spuming.

also from late 14c.

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foam(n.)

Middle English fom, fome (c. 1300), from Old English fam "foam, saliva froth; sea," from West Germanic *faimo- (source also of Old High German veim, German Feim), from PIE root *(s)poi-mo- "foam, froth" (source also of Sanskrit phenah; Latin pumex "pumice," spuma "foam;" Old Church Slavonic pena "foam;" Lithuanian spainė "a streak of foam"). The plastic variety used in packaging, etc., so called from 1937.

spumante(n.)

sparkling white wine from Asti in Piedmont, 1880, from Italian spumante, literally "sparkling," from spuma "foam, froth" (see spume).

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