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Where does “fīron” come from?

fīron (Old Dutch) comes from Latin ferior, from Latin fēriae.

Ancestry of “fīron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinferiorto rest from work, to keep holiday; first-person...
2Latinfēriae—

Words derived from “fīron”

  • veer
  • veerer
  • viering
  • vieren
  • eucharistieviering
  • vieren
Every word from Latin fēriae →