fier
French
adj
Definitions
- proud
- remarkable (in this sense always used before the noun it qualifies)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French fer inherited from Latin ferus (wild, untamed, savage, uncultivated) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer- (wild animal, wild).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰwer-
Gloss
wild animal, wild
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fierté English
- fera Latin
- feritas Latin
- feritās, feritātem, feritas Latin
- ferrum Latin
- ferus Latin
- ferālis Latin
- semifer Latin
- fiero Italian
- fier Dutch, Flemish
- défier French
- fiance French
- fiancer French
- fierté French
- méfier French
- fiero Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰwer- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰwéros Proto-Indo-European
- *zvěrь Proto-Slavic
- *zvě̄rę̀ Proto-Slavic
- fer Old French
- fers Old French
- ferté Old French
- feréstec Catalan, Valencian
- faer Norman
- fer Norman
- fiar Norman
- fé Norman
- fer Middle French
- fiance Middle French
- fero Old Portuguese
- *feros Proto-Italic
- *źwēˀrís Proto-Balto-Slavic
- fyète Haitian, Haitian Creole
- fier Walloon
- *kʷʰḗr Proto-Hellenic