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Where does “ferinus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ferinus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinferawild animal, beast
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-ā—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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