Where does “ferir” come from?

ferir (Middle French) comes from Old French ferir, from Latin feriō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- — to pierce; to strike; brown.

ferir (Middle French): to hit; to strike

Definitions

  1. to hit; to strike

Ancestry of “ferir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchferirto hit; to strike
2Latinferiōto hit, to strike, to smite, to beat, to knock, injure
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown

Words derived from “ferir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- →Every word from Latin feriō →Every word from Old French ferir →