Where does “ferly” come from?

ferly (Middle English) comes from Middle English farli, from Italian fare, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

Ancestry of “ferly”, step by step

ferly traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English farli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfarli—
2Italianfareto do; to make; to provoke
3Latinfaciōto do
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōriusory
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

via Middle English ferlik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishferlik—
2Old Englishfǣrlīċsudden, unexpected, quick, horrible

via Middle English feorlic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfeorlicterrible, marvellous, wonderful

Words derived from “ferly”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -torium →Every word from Latin -tor →