English
fervescent
Fervescent comes from Latin fervescens ‘growing hot’, from ferveō ‘to boil’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrewh₁-‘to boil’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferwejōreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*ferweōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferveōas fervere‘to boil’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfervescere‘to become boiling hot, inchoate’next step skipped: Latin fervēscō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfervescens‘growing hot’present participle of fervescere
- Englishearliest quotation 1897fervescent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrewh₁-‘to boil’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferwejōreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*ferweōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferveōas fervere‘to boil’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfervescere‘to become boiling hot, inchoate’next step skipped: Latin fervēscō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfervescens‘growing hot’present participle of fervescere
- Englishearliest quotation 1897fervescent
Earliest quotation: 1897, Run Here, Somebody: “Where’s the argentiferous wind-jammer of Nebraska whose fervescent oratory…”
Equivalent to fervere + -escent
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 boil’
Today it means
adj Growing hotter.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- / fervescent