Etymograph

English

ferretsona

From ferret + -sona (“added to a noun to describe a character of the noun's form, typically one used to represent oneself in fandom spaces”).

Formed from ferret + -sona ‘added to a noun to describe a character of the…’

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

noun A fursona that is a ferret.

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

Etymograph / ferretsona