fer
Old French
noun
Definitions
- iron metal
- (by extension) sword (made of iron)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin ferrum (iron).
Origin
Latin
ferrum
Gloss
iron
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
鉄
Emoji
🧇
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ferrandine English
- ferrite English
- ferroequinologist English
- feritas Latin
- ferramentum Latin
- ferreus Latin
- ferrugo Latin
- ferrum Latin
- ferrumen Latin
- ferrāre Latin
- ferus Latin
- ferālis Latin
- semifer Latin
- ferro Italian
- fiero Italian
- fier Dutch, Flemish
- défier French
- fer French
- fiance French
- fier French
- fierté French
- méfier French
- fiero Spanish, Castilian
- herradura Spanish, Castilian
- *ǵʰwer- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰwéros Proto-Indo-European
- verel Middle English
- fers Old French
- ferté Old French
- virole Old French
- fero Esperanto
- ferro Catalan, Valencian
- feréstec Catalan, Valencian
- fier Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- fierătaie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Fe Translingual
- fero Ido
- faer Norman
- fer Norman
- fiar Norman
- fé Norman
- féthage Norman
- féther Norman
- fer Middle French
- fero Old Portuguese
- ferro Old Portuguese
- her Aromanian
- *feros Proto-Italic
- fier Romansh
- fierro Asturian
- fiêr Friulian
- ferre Old Occitan
- fierro Old Spanish
- ferru Sicilian
- færo Ligurian
- fiar Dalmatian
- fier Walloon
- ferru Sardinian
- fierro Neapolitan
- fèr Emilian