Where does “ferté” come from?

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

ferté (Old French): violence; force

Definitions

  1. violence; force

Ancestry of “ferté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinferuswild, savage; uncivilized, uncultivated; untamed,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwer-wild; wild animal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwer- →Every word from Latin ferus →