vir
Latin
noun
Definitions
- man in the sense of "adult male human"
- adult, mature, or grown man
- brave or courageous man, hero, warrior
- husband
- (in military contexts) foot soldier
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *wiros derived from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (man, warrior, husband, hero, freeman).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wiHrós
Gloss
man, warrior, husband, hero, freeman
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
男, 夫, 士
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Warwick English
- viripotent English
- virtue English
- wer English
- werewolf English
- wergeld English
- world English
- eviro Latin
- semivir Latin
- virago Latin
- viratus Latin
- virilia Latin
- virilis Latin
- virilitas Latin
- virtus Latin
- virtuōsus Latin
- virtūtem Latin
- virum Latin
- virile Italian
- verija Spanish, Castilian
- *wiHrós Proto-Indo-European
- viril Norwegian Bokmål
- *weraz Proto-Germanic
- viril Norwegian Nynorsk
- Wæringwic Old English
- wer Old English
- werleas Old English
- werlic Old English
- werwulf Old English
- वीर Sanskrit
- वीरता Sanskrit
- Warwyk Middle English
- wer Middle English
- were Middle English
- aoinfhear Irish
- ardfhear Irish
- cnámhfhear Irish
- crannfhear Irish
- fear Irish
- fearga Irish
- fearán Irish
- fearúil Irish
- firinscne Irish
- firinscneach Irish
- firéan Irish
- firín Irish
- seanfhear Irish
- ógfhear Irish
- verr Old Norse
- vertu Old French
- kromvirino Esperanto
- vira Esperanto
- vireca Esperanto
- vireco Esperanto
- virhundo Esperanto
- viringo Esperanto
- virino Esperanto
- virkapro Esperanto
- virkato Esperanto
- virkoko Esperanto
- virmeleagro Esperanto
- viro Esperanto
- virporko Esperanto
- virseksulo Esperanto
- virto Esperanto
- virurso Esperanto
- virvulpo Esperanto
- virĉevalo Esperanto
- ĉevalviro Esperanto
- ver Icelandic
- महावीर Hindi
- वीर Hindi
- brilla Galician
- virilla Galician
- بیر Persian
- วีรยุทธ Thai
- gŵr Welsh
- karavīrs Latvian
- meitasvīrs Latvian
- sniegavīrs Latvian
- vīrietis Latvian
- vīrišķība Latvian
- vīrišķīgs Latvian
- vīrišķīgums Latvian
- vīrs Latvian
- ūdensvīrs Latvian
- viro Ido
- Fergal Old Irish
- Fergus Old Irish
- dóer Old Irish
- fer Old Irish
- feramail Old Irish
- ferán Old Irish
- oínfer Old Irish
- óenar Old Irish
- మహావీరుడు Telugu
- వీర Telugu
- వీరపత్ని Telugu
- వీరము Telugu
- వీరుండు Telugu
- వీరుడు Telugu
- fear Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ver- Faroese
- fer Manx
- wira Malay
- 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 Gothic
- 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉 Gothic
- *warjan gmw-pro
- *wiros Proto-Celtic
- vīra Pali
- *wiHrás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wīrás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *áryas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wiros Proto-Italic
- vería Asturian
- vyras Lithuanian
- vyriškas Lithuanian
- *wiHrás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- fer Middle Irish
- gour Breton
- 𑀯𑀻𑀭 Sauraseni Prakrit
- vertu xno
- *wī́ˀras Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *wiHráh Proto-Iranian
- *gwur Proto-Brythonic
- ವೀರ Kannada
- gwr Middle Welsh
- ир Ossetian, Ossetic
- wijrs Old Prussian
- *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ Primitive Irish
- gur Old Breton
- vīrs Samogitian
- *vīrá Proto-Dardic