English

afebrile

From a- + febrile.

A compound of a- + febrile

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- ‘to burn, warm’

Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-ri-s

Proto-Italic *feɣʷris ‘fever’

Latin febris ‘fever’

Medieval Latin febrīlis ‘feverish’

Today it means

adj Having no fever, without a fever.

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

Etymograph / afebrile