Where does “Fericea” come from?

Fericea (Romanian) comes from Romanian ferice, from Romanian ferigă, from Latin filicem, from Latin filix — fern.

Ancestry of “Fericea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfericehappy
2Romanianferigăfern
3Latinfilicemaccusative singular of filix
4Latinfilixfern
Every word from Latin filix →Every word from Latin filicem →Every word from Romanian ferigă →