Where does “farouche” come from?
farouche (French) comes from Old French faroche, from Old French forasche, from Latin forāsticus, from Latin forās, from Latin -ās, from Latin -ātis, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
farouche (French): wild, shy of humans; shy, unsociable, retiring,...
Definitions
- wild, shy of humans; shy, unsociable, retiring,...
Ancestry of “farouche”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | faroche | untamed; wild |
| 2 | Old French | forasche | — |
| 3 | Latin | forāsticus | — |
| 4 | Latin | forās | outside, outdoors (destination) |
| 5 | Latin | -ās | Used to form gentilic adjectives with the meaning "of/from" a country or place |
| 6 | Latin | -ātis | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |