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Where does “fieberfrei” come from?

fieberfrei (German) comes from German fieber, from Middle High German fieber, from Old High German fiebar, from Proto-Germanic *fēbr, from Latin febris, from Proto-Italic *feɣʷris, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰris, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

fieberfrei (German): feverless, afebrile

Definitions

  1. feverless, afebrile

Ancestry of “fieberfrei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfieberinflection of fiebern: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanfieber—
3Old High Germanfiebar—
4Proto-Germanic*fēbr—
5Latinfebrisfever
6Proto-Italic*feɣʷris—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰris—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot
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