English
ferretlike
From ferret + -like.
Formed from ferret + -like
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to carry’
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Latin fūr ‘thief’
Vulgar Latin *furittum ‘weasel, ferret’
Old French furet
Middle English furet
English ferret
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of a ferret.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ferretlike