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Fieri

Fieri comes from Italian Fieri, from feroce ‘fierce’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰweroh₃kʷs ‘having the appearance of a wild animal’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰweroh₃kʷs‘having the appearance of a wild animal’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferōksreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferoxas ferōcem‘wild, bold, fierce’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentferoce‘fierce’
  5. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentFieri
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰweroh₃kʷs‘having the appearance of a wild animal’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferōksreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferoxas ferōcem‘wild, bold, fierce’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentferoce‘fierce’
  5. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentFieri
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin ferox ‘wild, bold, fierce’

ferocious, ferocity

Today it means

name A surname from Italian.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰweroh₃kʷs / Fieri

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