Etymology

enfever

E1N1F4E1V4E1R1

Today it means: to cause to have a fever, or frenzy Full definition →

English fever ← Middle English en- ← Old French en-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishen-
  8. Englishfever
  9. English todayenfever

From en- + fever.

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