Where does “ferine” come from?

ferine (Latin) comes from Latin ferīnus, from Latin fera, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

ferine (Latin): brutishly

Definitions

  1. brutishly

Ancestry of “ferine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinferīnusof or belonging to wild animals
2Latinferawild animal, beast
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin fera →