Etymograph

English

fervid

Fervid comes from Latin ferveō ‘to be 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 CEfervidus
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1878fervid

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 CEfervidus
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1878fervid

Earliest quotation: 1878, Henry James: “Four years ago—in 1874—two young Englishmen had occasion to…”

Equivalent to fervere + id

New Latin id ‘it’

English id

Linked words

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

brand, burn, bread, purple, brew, bourbon, broth, bourne, brunt, brim, bren, broil, porphyry, briny, purpura, 38 more

through Proto-Italic *ferweō

fervently, 6 more

through Latin ferveō ‘to be hot’

ferment, fervent, fervor, effervescent, 7 more

Today it means

adj Intensely hot; radiating with energy.

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

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

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