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focus
Latin · ancient
"hearth, fireplace"
a plain word for a hearth or fireplace
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foier
Old French · 1100s
"furnace, hearth"
kept the sense of a fire or furnace
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foyer
French · medieval
"a green room for actors"
extended, via 'gathering place by the fire', to the green room where actors waited
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foyer
English · 1859
"the lobby of a theater"
borrowed for the lobby of a theater or opera house
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