English
fever-ridden
From fever + -ridden.
Formed from fever + -ridden
Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- ‘to burn’
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Proto-Italic *feɣʷris
Latin febris ‘a fever’
Old English fefer
Middle English fever
English fever
Today it means
adj Experiencing an epidemic of one of the diseases known as fever (such as yellow fever).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fever-ridden