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Where does “fiar” come from?

fiar (Norman) comes from Latin ferus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwer- — wild; wild animal.

fiar (Norman): pleased

Definitions

  1. pleased

Ancestry of “fiar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinferuswild, savage; uncivilized, uncultivated; untamed,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwer-wild; wild animal
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