Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease. · Any of various diseases. · A state of excitement or anxiety. · A group of stingrays.
From Middle English fever, fevere, from Old English fefer, fefor (“fever”) and Old French fievre (“fever”), from Latin febris (“a fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Displaced native Old English hriþ (“fever”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fiewer, German Fieber, Danish feber, Swedish feber.
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- Root classification mention*dʰegʷʰ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionfeverenm
- Inherited-form mentionfeferang
- Derivation mentionfievrefro
- Derivation mentionfebrisla
- Derivation mention*dʰegʷʰ-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionhriþang
- Cognate mentionFiewerstq
- Cognate mentionFieberde
- Cognate mentionfeberda
- Cognate mentionfebersv
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