Where does “ferox” come from?

ferox (Latin) comes from Latin ferus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwer- — wild; wild animal.

ferox (Latin): wild, bold, fierce; defiant, arrogant

Definitions

  1. wild, bold, fierce; defiant, arrogant

Ancestry of “ferox”, step by step

ferox traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ferus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinferuswild, savage; uncivilized, uncultivated; untamed,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwer-wild; wild animal

via Proto-Italic *ferōks

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*ferōks—

Words derived from “ferox”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwer- →Every word from Latin ferus →