Where does “féru” come from?
féru (French) comes from Portuguese Ferro, from Old Portuguese ferro, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
féru (French): addicted, bitten (figurative sense), passionate about
Definitions
- addicted, bitten (figurative sense), passionate about
Ancestry of “féru”, step by step
féru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese Ferro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Ferro | iron metal |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | ferro | — |
| 3 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 4 | Cornish | -er | Forms masculine agent nouns |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |