Where does “felo” come from?

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

felo (Lingala): clothes iron

Definitions

  1. clothes iron

Ancestry of “felo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchferiron
2Middle Frenchferiron; sword
3Old Frenchferiron; sword; cruel; harsh
4Latinferuswild, savage; uncivilized, uncultivated; untamed,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwer-wild; wild animal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwer- →Every word from Latin ferus →Every word from Old French fer →