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Where does “faida” come from?

faida (Medieval Latin) comes from Proto-West Germanic faihiþu, from Proto-West Germanic -iþu, from Proto-Germanic -iþō, from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ — -th.

Ancestry of “faida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfaihiþuenmity, hostility; feud
2Proto-West Germanic-iþuForms abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives or...
3Proto-Germanic-iþō-ness, -th
4Proto-Indo-European-iteh₂-th

Words derived from “faida”

  • feud
  • feudist
  • feuder
  • feudlike
  • cyberfeud
  • faida
  • faide
  • fede
  • feide
  • faide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ →