Etymograph

English

fiador

Fiador comes from Spanish fiador ‘bondsman, surety, guarantor, bailor, backer’, from Proto-Italic *feiðō ‘to trust’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeydʰ-‘to trust’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéydʰeti‘to trust’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*feiðō‘to trust’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīdere
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*fīdārereconstructed
  6. Old Spanishc. 950–1500fiar
  7. Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘to guarantee’
  8. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentfiador‘bondsman, surety, guarantor, bailor, backer’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeydʰ-‘to trust’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéydʰeti‘to trust’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*feiðō‘to trust’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīdere
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*fīdārereconstructed
  6. Old Spanishc. 950–1500fiar
  7. Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘to guarantee’
  8. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentfiador‘bondsman, surety, guarantor, bailor, backer’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- ‘to trust’

federal, federation, confederate, defy, fidelity, affidavit, defiance, bode, foi, fealty, infidel, confidante, perfidy, 24 more

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti ‘to trust’

abide, bide, 5 more

through Proto-Italic *feiðō ‘to trust’

confidence, confident, confidant, confide, fiduciary, diffident, 2 more

Today it means

noun A collar worn by a horse, immediately behind the head, to which a handle, strap, or rope may be attached.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- / fiador

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