Where does “fiero” come from?

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

fiero (Spanish): wild; wild, fierce, ferocious; biting, searing

Definitions

  1. wild; wild, fierce, ferocious; biting, searing

Ancestry of “fiero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishfierosavage, wild
2Latinferuswild, savage; uncivilized, uncultivated; untamed,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwer-wild; wild animal

Words derived from “fiero

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰwer-