Where does “farouche” come from?
farouche (English) comes from French farouche, from Old French faroche, from Old French forasche, from Latin forāsticus, from Latin forās, from Latin -ās, from Latin -ātis, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
farouche (English): Sullen or recalcitrant
Ancestry of “farouche”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | farouche | wild, shy of humans; shy, unsociable, retiring,... |
| 2 | Old French | faroche | untamed; wild |
| 3 | Old French | forasche | — |
| 4 | Latin | forāsticus | — |
| 5 | Latin | forās | — |
| 6 | Latin | -ās | — |
| 7 | Latin | -ātis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |