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Where does “ferity” come from?

ferity (English) comes from Latin feritas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

ferity (English): The quality or fact of being wild or in a wild...

Definitions

  1. The quality or fact of being wild or in a wild...

Ancestry of “ferity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinferitaswildness; savagery, brutality, ferocity
2Latin-tās—
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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