feud
English
/fjuːd/
noun
Definitions
- A state of long-standing mutual hostility.
- (professional wrestling) A staged rivalry between wrestlers.
- (obsolete) A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fede borrowed from Old French faide derived from Old High German fehida derived from *faihiþu (enmity, feud, hatred) suf from English foe derived from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (paint, color, spot, mark, draw, adorn, colour, form, draw write, hostile).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peyḱ-
Gloss
paint, color, spot, mark, draw, adorn, colour, form, draw write, hostile
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- archfoe English
- befoe English
- cyberfeud English
- feuder English
- feudist English
- feudlike English
- foe English
- foehood English
- foeless English
- foelike English
- foeman English
- foeship English
- faida Latin
- picta Latin
- pictūra Latin
- pigmenta Latin
- pigmentum Latin
- pingo Latin
- dipintore Italian
- dipintrice Italian
- pentolaccia Italian
- ποικίλος Ancient Greek
- *h₂en- Proto-Indo-European
- *peyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *piḱ-ró-s, *peyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *faihaz Proto-Germanic
- fæhþ Old English
- fæhþu Old English
- fǣhþ Old English
- fede Middle English
- fo Middle English
- fejde Danish
- *pisati Proto-Slavic
- *pьsati Proto-Slavic
- *pьstrъ Proto-Slavic
- faide Old French
- apigarado Galician
- pego Galician
- سبشت Persian
- vete Middle Dutch
- fehida Old High German
- vēhede Middle High German
- *faihiþu gmw-pro
- veide Middle Low German
- *payć- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- gifehitha Old Saxon
- piešas Lithuanian
- piešti Lithuanian
- feithe Old Frisian
- *peiś- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- feydhe Old Danish