Etymograph

English

furor

Furor comes from Latin furor ‘frenzy, fury, rage, raving, insanity, madness,…’, and goes back to furō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfurō‘to rage, to be out of one's mind’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfuror‘frenzy, fury, rage, raving, insanity, madness, passion’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400same form
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600fureur
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500furour‘furor, wrath’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1998furor

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfurō‘to rage, to be out of one's mind’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfuror‘frenzy, fury, rage, raving, insanity, madness, passion’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400same form
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600fureur
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500furour‘furor, wrath’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1998furor

Earliest quotation: 1998, Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, American Medicine: The Quest for Competence: “This action created a furor in the broader medical…”

Every English word from Latin furō

Today it means

noun A general uproar or commotion.

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

Etymograph / Latin furō / furor

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