myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of refugium

Etymology of the Latin word refugium

the Latin word refugium (refuge)

derived from the Latin word refugere (flee back; run away, escape)

derived from the Classical Latin word fugere (to flee; flee, fly, run away)

using the Latin prefix re-

English refugium, French refuge, Italian rifugio, Portuguese refúgio, Spanish refugio

English refuge, French refuge, German Refugium, Italian rifugio, Norwegian refuge, Spanish refugio, Swedish refuge