ferme
French
adj
Definitions
- firm
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French ferme (farm buildings, farm) inherited from Old French ferm inherited from Latin firmus (strong, firm, stable, secure, solid, steady, durable) inherited from Proto-Italic *fermos inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-mo-s (holding).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰer-mo-s
Gloss
holding
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- firm English
- firmer English
- firmish English
- firmless English
- firmly English
- firmness English
- firmware English
- firmwide English
- interfirm English
- megafirm English
- semifirm English
- stand firm English
- superfirm English
- unfirm English
- firma Finnish
- Firmius Latin
- firmis Latin
- firmitās Latin
- firmus Latin
- infirmitas Latin
- infirmus Latin
- Firma German
- firm German
- fermamente Italian
- fermezza Italian
- fermissimo Italian
- fermo Italian
- firma Italian
- fermement French
- fermette French
- fermeté French
- firme French
- mégaferme French
- ферма Russian
- firme Spanish, Castilian
- *dher(ə)- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰer-mo-s Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥- Proto-Indo-European
- ferma Polish
- fermowy Polish
- ferm Old French
- ferme Old French
- ferma Ido
- fèrme Norman
- ферма Bulgarian
- ferme Middle French
- ferma Azerbaijani
- ферма Ukrainian
- ферма Belarusian
- *fermos Proto-Italic
- fêr Friulian
- ferm Old Occitan
- ifema Xhosa
- farm Dalmatian
- فيرمة Moroccan Arabic
- ferma Crimean Tatar