Where does “fer” come from?

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

fer (Mauritian Creole): To make; To do

Definitions

  1. To make; To do

Ancestry of “fer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchferiron
2Middle Frenchferiron; sword
3Old Frenchferiron; sword; cruel; harsh
4Latinferuswild, savage; uncivilized, uncultivated; untamed,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwer-wild; wild animal

Words derived from “fer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwer- →Every word from Latin ferus →Every word from Old French fer →