Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “unfevered” come from?

unfevered (English) comes from English fevered, from English fever, from Middle English fever, from Old English fefer, from Latin febris, from Proto-Italic *feɣʷris, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰris, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

unfevered (English): Not fevered

Definitions

  1. Not fevered

Ancestry of “unfevered”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfeveredAffected by a fever; feverish; Heated;...
2EnglishfeverA higher than normal body temperature of a person...
3Middle Englishfever—
4Old Englishfefer—
5Latinfebrisfever
6Proto-Italic*feɣʷris—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰris—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →