Where does “ferraille” come from?

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

ferraille (French): old iron, scrap; loose change, shrapnel

Definitions

  1. old iron, scrap; loose change, shrapnel

Ancestry of “ferraille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchferiron
2Middle Frenchferiron; sword
3Old Frenchferiron; sword; cruel; harsh
4Latinferuswild, savage; uncivilized, uncultivated; untamed,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwer-wild; wild animal

Words derived from “ferraille”

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