fiend
English
/fiːnd/
noun
Definitions
- A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
- A very evil person.
- (obsolete) An enemy; a foe.
- (religious) The enemy of mankind, specifically, the Devil; Satan.
- (informal) An addict or fanatic.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English feend (enemy) inherited from Old English fēond (enemy, devil, adversary, Satan, foe, fiend) inherited from Proto-Germanic *fijandz (enemy, fiend) derived from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (hurt, hate), *peh₁- (hurt, hate).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peh₁-
Gloss
hurt, hate
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
憎
Emoji
🤕
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- archfiend English
- drug English
- drug fiend English
- fienddom English
- fiendess English
- fiendette English
- fiendful English
- fiending English
- fiendish English
- fiendishly English
- fiendishness English
- fiendkin English
- fiendlike English
- fiendling English
- fiendly English
- fiendom English
- fiendy English
- impassive English
- passionate English
- passive English
- passivity English
- patience English
- penitential English
- penitentially English
- penitently English
- repentance English
- repentant English
- repentantly English
- *patio, *pat(i)ō Latin
- *patiscō Latin
- *patiō Latin
- *patīre Latin
- compatior Latin
- impatientia Latin
- paene Latin
- paenitentia Latin
- paeniteo Latin
- paenitere Latin
- paenitēns Latin
- passio Latin
- passio, passionem Latin
- passivus Latin
- patiens Latin
- patientia Latin
- patior Latin
- perpetior Latin
- Erbfeind German
- Erzfeind German
- Feind German
- Feindbild German
- Feindschaft German
- Fressfeind German
- Menschenfeind German
- Staatsfeind German
- Volksfeind German
- feindlich German
- feindselig German
- aartsvijand Dutch, Flemish
- erfvijand Dutch, Flemish
- oefenvijand Dutch, Flemish
- staatsvijand Dutch, Flemish
- vijand Dutch, Flemish
- vijandelijk Dutch, Flemish
- vijandig Dutch, Flemish
- vijandschap Dutch, Flemish
- penitente Spanish, Castilian
- πῆμα Ancient Greek
- ἀπήμων Ancient Greek
- *peh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ph₁-tós Proto-Indo-European
- erkefiende Norwegian Bokmål
- fiende Norwegian Bokmål
- fiendsk Norwegian Bokmål
- folkefiende Norwegian Bokmål
- *fijandz Proto-Germanic
- fiende Swedish
- fientlig Swedish
- ärkefiende Swedish
- erkefiende Norwegian Nynorsk
- fiende Norwegian Nynorsk
- fiendsk Norwegian Nynorsk
- fiendtleg Norwegian Nynorsk
- folkefiende Norwegian Nynorsk
- feond Old English
- feondlic Old English
- feondræden Old English
- feondscipe Old English
- fēond Old English
- पीयति Sanskrit
- feend Middle English
- feendly Middle English
- feendy Middle English
- feondeken Middle English
- fond Middle English
- fjándi Old Norse
- dødsfjende Danish
- fjende Danish
- fjendebillede Danish
- fjendsk Danish
- fjendskab Danish
- fjendtlig Danish
- ærkefjende Danish
- fjandi Icelandic
- fjandmaður Icelandic
- viant Middle Dutch
- fīand Old High German
- fīant Old High German
- vyand Afrikaans
- vīnt Middle High German
- 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 Gothic
- fiund Old Dutch
- fīand Old Dutch
- faint Cimbrian
- *píHyati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- fiand Old Saxon
- *píHyati Proto-Indo-Aryan
- fīand Old Frisian
- Fäind Saterland Frisian
- Feind Pennsylvania German
- Feind Hunsrik