Where does “fascher” come from?
fascher (Middle French) comes from Latin fastus, from Latin fas, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂os, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.
fascher (Middle French): to anger; to enrage
Definitions
- to anger; to enrage
Ancestry of “fascher”, step by step
fascher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin fastus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | fastus | allowed; A day on which courts sat; court... |
| 2 | Latin | fas | dictates of religion, divine law (opp. iūs, human law), or an obligation thereunder |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂os | utterance, saying |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |
via Old French fascher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | fascher | Alternative form of faschier |