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

Definitions

  1. Sullen or recalcitrant

Ancestry of “farouche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfarouchewild, shy of humans; shy, unsociable, retiring,...
2Old Frenchfarocheuntamed; wild
3Old Frenchforasche
4Latinforāsticus
5Latinforāsoutside, outdoors (destination)
6Latin-āsUsed to form gentilic adjectives with the meaning "of/from" a country or place
7Latin-ātisfirst conjugation
8Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
9Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
12Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yétiEvery word from Latin -ās
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