Where does “feverish” come from?
Feverish comes from Middle English -isch and Old English -isċ, suffixes added to a word derived from Latin febris, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʰʰ-.
feverish (English): Having a fever, an elevated body temperature;...
Definitions
- Having a fever, an elevated body temperature;...
Ancestry of “feverish”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fever | A higher than normal body temperature of a person... |
| 2 | Middle English | fever | — |
| 3 | Old English | fefer | — |
| 4 | Latin | febris | fever |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *feɣʷris | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰris | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰ- | to burn; warm, hot |
Words derived from “feverish”