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focus

/ˈfəʊkəs/FOH-kuhs
/ˈfoʊkəs/FOH-kuhs

Meaninga hearth

Common meaning: centre of attention

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√BHA‘shine’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 223, p. 738 · scan
  2. Latinfocus‘a fireplace, hearth’
  3. Englishfocus‘centre of attention’ · today

foc also in: focalfuelcurfew

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin focus ‘a fireplace, hearth’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry focus, p. 764 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry FUEL, p. 222 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • focus Latin “a fireplace, hearth”

Related words

curfewfocalfuel

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