ferus
Latin
adj
Definitions
- wild, savage
- uncivilized, uncultivated
- untamed, rough
- fierce, cruel
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *feros 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
- ferity English
- theriatrics English
- theroid English
- fera Latin
- ferinus Latin
- feritas Latin
- ferrum Latin
- ferālis Latin
- semifer Latin
- volaticus Latin
- fieramente Italian
- fierezza Italian
- fierissimo Italian
- fierità Italian
- fiero Italian
- fier French
- féral French
- звереть Russian
- звериный Russian
- зверский Russian
- зверство Russian
- зверушка Russian
- зверь Russian
- зверьё Russian
- зверюшка Russian
- зверёк Russian
- feral Spanish, Castilian
- fieramente Spanish, Castilian
- fiero Spanish, Castilian
- θήρ Ancient Greek
- θηράω Ancient Greek
- θηρίον Ancient Greek
- *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰwer- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰwéros Proto-Indo-European
- fers Middle English
- *zvěrь Proto-Slavic
- *zvě̄rę̀ Proto-Slavic
- fer Old French
- fers Old French
- ferté Old French
- feréstec Catalan, Valencian
- fero Galician
- faer Norman
- fer Norman
- fiar Norman
- fé Norman
- fer Middle French
- féral Middle French
- fero Old Portuguese
- *feros Proto-Italic
- звѣрь Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- *źwēˀrís Proto-Balto-Slavic
- fier Walloon
- *kʷʰḗr Proto-Hellenic
- zveeri Votic
- piero Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- fers sco-osc