"Fonio" meaning in Latin

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Proper name

IPA: [ˈfɔ.ni.oː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈfɔː.ni.o] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Perhaps borrowed from a Venetic source, itself perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰow(H)ni- (“favorable”), whence also possibly Umbrian fons. Etymology templates: {{bor|la|xve|-}} Venetic, {{der|la|ine-pro||*bʰow(H)ni-|t=favorable}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰow(H)ni- (“favorable”), {{cog|xum|fons}} Umbrian fons Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Foniō<3>|g=m}} Foniō m sg (genitive Foniōnis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Foniō<3>}} Forms: Foniō [canonical, masculine, singular], Foniōnis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Foniō [nominative, singular], Foniōnis [genitive, singular], Foniōnī [dative, singular], Foniōnem [accusative, singular], Foniōne [ablative, singular], Foniō [singular, vocative]
  1. name of a deity Tags: declension-3
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