Where does “fera” come from?

fera (Portuguese) comes from Latin fera, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

fera (Portuguese): beast; nice person; skillful

Definitions

  1. beast; nice person; skillful

Ancestry of “fera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinferawild animal, beast
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin fera →