to smoke; to emit smoke; to steam
“1963, Nicolas Bouvier, L'Usage du Monde, 2005 ed., Payot & Rivages, p. 164; translated 1992 by Robyn Marsack as The Way of the World, 2011 ed., Eland” — — I would re-emerge at about six o'clock, light and clean right through to the spirit, and steaming in the cold like a damp dishcloth.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mós Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós Proto-Italic *θūmos Proto-Italic *fūmos Latin fūmus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin fūmō Old French [Term?] Middle French fumer French fumer Inherited from Middle French fumer, from Old French [Term?], from Latin fūmāre.