Where does “fer” come from?

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

fer (Middle French): iron; sword

Definitions

  1. iron; sword

Ancestry of “fer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwer- →