English
rabious
Rabious comes from Latin rabiōsus ‘mad, fierce, rabid’, from rabiēs ‘rage’, and ultimately from rabiō ‘to be mad, rave’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErabiō‘to be mad, rave’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErabiēs‘rage’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErabiōsus‘mad, fierce, rabid’
- Englishtodayrabious
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErabiō‘to be mad, rave’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErabiēs‘rage’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErabiōsus‘mad, fierce, rabid’
- Englishtodayrabious
Linked words
through Latin rabiō ‘to be mad, rave’
through Latin rabiēs ‘rage’
Today it means
adj raging; rabid
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin rabiō / rabious