Etymology

Fervidor

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French fervidor ← Latin fervidus ← Ancient Greek δῶρον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδῶρον“gift”
  2. Latin · derived fromfervidus“hot, fiery”
  3. French · borrowed fromfervidor
  4. English todayFervidor

Borrowed from French fervidor, blend of Latin fervidus (“hot, fiery”) + Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron, “gift”).

Words from the same roots

Latinfervidus all →

fervid

Ancient Greekδῶρον all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.