Etymograph

English

ferie

Ferie comes from Latin feriae ‘holidays’, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s ‘god, godhead, deity’, and ultimately from *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to do’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁s‘god, godhead, deity’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁s-yo-sreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fēziāsreconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferiae‘holidays’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400ferie
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘a weekday’
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to do’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁s‘god, godhead, deity’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁s-yo-sreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fēziāsreconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferiae‘holidays’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400ferie
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘a weekday’
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’

do, fact, deal, hot, fan, benefit, fashion, mid, defense, theme, feature, custom, ethnic, defence, treasury, treasure, sufficient, ethical, thesis, aesthetic, synthetic, doom, tick, defendant, deed, ethic, auditor, demi, deem, spade, thematic, ethos, familial, medial, medallion, forfeit, anesthetic, duma, thesaurus, spatula, 115 more

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s ‘god, godhead, deity’

theology, dis, feast, atheist, atheism, fanatic, profanity, profane, feral, theism, fane, apotheosis, theist, 23 more

through Latin feriae ‘holidays’

fair, fayre, feria, 5 more

Today it means

noun A holiday.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- / ferie

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