Etymograph

English

ferventness

Ferventness comes from Latin fervens ‘hot’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- ‘to boil’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrewh₁-‘to boil’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferwejōreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*ferweōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferveō‘to be hot’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfervensas fervēns‘hot’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400fervent
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘fervent (very hot)’
  8. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500ferventnesse‘heat, heatedness, intensity’
  9. Englishtodayferventness

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrewh₁-‘to boil’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferwejōreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*ferweōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferveō‘to be hot’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfervensas fervēns‘hot’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400fervent
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘fervent (very hot)’
  8. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500ferventnesse‘heat, heatedness, intensity’
  9. Englishtodayferventness

Formed from fervent + -ness

Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- ‘to boil’

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Latin fervēns ‘burning, fiery’

Latin ferventem

Old French fervent

Middle English fervent ‘fervent (very hot)’

English fervent

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- ‘to boil’

brand, burn, bread, purple, brew, bourbon, broth, bourne, brim, brunt, broil, bren, porphyry, briny, purpura, 40 more

through Latin ferveō ‘to be hot’

fervor, ferment, effervescent, 8 more

Today it means

noun The quality of being fervent.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- / ferventness

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