hogar
/oˈɡaɾ/ · A2 · noun · m
home
🏠🔥 From Latin focus (hearth): hogar is where the fire burns, so home
Latin focus (hearth) gave Spanish fuego (fire) and hogar: f became silent h, c softened to g. The hearth was the centre of the house, so the word came to mean home itself. Same family: hoguera (bonfire). The h is silent: o-GAR.