Where does “furious” come from?

Furious comes from Old French furieus, from Latin furiosus meaning "mad or raging," composed of fur meaning "thief" or "madman" and the suffix -osus meaning "full of."

furious (English): Feeling great anger; raging; violent; Rushing...

Definitions

  1. Feeling great anger; raging; violent; Rushing...

Ancestry of “furious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfurieus
2Latinfuriōsusfull of madness or rage, furious, raging
3Latinfuriarage, fury, frenzy
4Latinfurōto rave, rage, or seethe; to be crazed, mad, or frantic
5Latinfūra thief
6Proto-Italicfōrthief
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰṓrthief
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-to bear, carry

Words derived from “furious

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰer-
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