Where does “forcené” come from?
forcené (Old French) comes from French forcener, from Old French forsener, from Old French sen, from Frankish sinn, from Proto-Germanic sinnaz, from Proto-Indo-European sentnós, from Proto-Indo-European sent-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
forcené (Old French): rabid
Ancestry of “forcené”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | forcener | to become enraged |
| 2 | Old French | forsener | to become insane; to become enraged |
| 3 | Old French | sen | Alternative form of sens; sense, reason, mind;... |
| 4 | Frankish | sinn | reason, judgement, mental faculty, way,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sinnaz | sense, perception; sense, meaning |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sentnós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sent- | to head for, to go, to travel; to feel |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |
Words derived from “forcené”