English
ferial
Ferial comes from Latin fēria ‘weekday’, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s ‘god, godhead, deity’, and ultimately from *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to do’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁s‘god, godhead, deity’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁s-yo-sreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fēziāsreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfēriae
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfēria‘weekday’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500fēriālis
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ferial
- Englishearliest quotation 1921same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to do’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁s‘god, godhead, deity’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁s-yo-sreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fēziāsreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfēriae
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfēria‘weekday’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500fēriālis
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ferial
- Englishearliest quotation 1921same form
Earliest quotation: 1921, Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow: “[They] / Dance within the magic shade / That…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
do, fact, hot, deal, fan, benefit, fashion, mid, defense, theme, feature, custom, ethnic, sufficient, defence, treasury, treasure, thesis, aesthetic, synthetic, ethical, doom, tick, defendant, deed, ethic, auditor, demi, deem, spade, thematic, ethos, forfeit, anesthetic, duma, medallion, thesaurus, prefect, certify, spatula, 115 more
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s ‘god, godhead, deity’
theology, dis, feast, atheist, atheism, fanatic, profanity, profane, theism, feral, fane, apotheosis, theist, 23 more
through Latin fēriae
Today it means
adj Pertaining to an ordinary weekday, rather than a festival or fast.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- / ferial