Latin

ferus

‘wild, savage, fierce, cruel’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin ferus.

11 English words in this record descend from Latin ferus, most familiar first.

• fierce ← fers ← fers
• zebra ← enzebro ← *eciferus ← equiferus
• fiercely ← fersly ← fers ← fers
• ferocity ← férocité ← ferocitas ← ferox
• fierceness ← fersnesse ← fers ← fers
• efferate ← efferātus ← efferō ← efferus
• ferine ← ferīnus ← fera
• ferity ← feritas
• ferous
• fierté ← fier ← feritās
• fierasfer ← fielat-fèr ← filat ← fīlum

Etymograph / Latin ferus