Where does “lafiev” come from?

lafiev (Mauritian Creole) comes from French fièvre, from Middle French fievre, from Old French fievre, from Latin febris, from Proto-Italic *feɣʷris, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰris, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

lafiev (Mauritian Creole): fever

Definitions

  1. fever

Ancestry of “lafiev”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfièvrefever
2Middle Frenchfievrefever
3Old Frenchfievrefever
4Latinfebrisfever
5Proto-Italic*feɣʷrisfever
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰris—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰris →Every word from Proto-Italic *feɣʷris →
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