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ferus

Pronunciation: [ˈfɛ.rʊs]

“ferus” is a Latin word. Its 4 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. wild, savage, fierce, cruel
  2. uncivilized, uncultivated
  3. untamed, rough

noun

  1. wild animal

In Latin

  1. non (dicitur de animalibus).

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰweh₁r- or *ǵʰwē̆r- (“wild animal”). The intermediate steps are uncertain: *Possibly from Proto-Italic *xʷeros, from earlier *ǵʰweh₁rós, with PIE *-ē- becoming Proto-Italic *-e- because of a shortening of PIE unaccented long vowels before a resonant (a version of a sound change called "Dybo's Law"). This change is also supposed to explain the short vowel in…

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