Where does “furore” come from?
Furore comes from Italian furore, from Latin furor meaning rage or madness, derived from the root fur- (to rage), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰer-.
furore (English): Uproar; enthusiastic anger; Excitement or...
Definitions
- Uproar; enthusiastic anger; Excitement or...
Ancestry of “furore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | furore | fury, violence; frenzy; excitement |
| 2 | Latin | fūror | to steal, plunder |
| 3 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |