Where does “fer” come from?

fer (French) comes from Middle French fer, from Old French fer, from Latin ferus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwer- — wild; wild animal.

fer (French): iron

Definitions

  1. iron

Ancestry of “fer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchferiron; sword
2Old Frenchferiron; sword; cruel; harsh
3Latinferuswild, savage; uncivilized, uncultivated; untamed,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwer-wild; wild animal

Words derived from “fer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwer- →