English
feriation
Feriation comes from Latin ferior ‘to keep holiday’, 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 CEferiae‘holidays’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEferior‘to keep holiday’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650feriation
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 CEferiae‘holidays’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEferior‘to keep holiday’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650feriation
Earliest quotation: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […]: “And therefore as though there were any feriation in…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
do, fact, deal, hot, fan, benefit, mid, defense, theme, fashion, feature, custom, defence, ethnic, sufficient, treasury, treasure, ethical, thesis, aesthetic, defendant, doom, synthetic, deed, tick, ethic, auditor, demi, deem, spade, ethos, forfeit, familial, medial, thematic, duma, anesthetic, prefect, thesaurus, medallion, 115 more
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s ‘god, godhead, deity’
theology, feast, dis, atheist, atheism, profanity, profane, feral, fanatic, theism, fane, apotheosis, theist, 23 more
through Latin feriae ‘holidays’
through Latin ferior ‘to keep holiday’
Today it means
noun A holiday or break from work or effort.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- / feriation