feral

feral · adjective, noun¹

1. Late Latin · borrowed fromferālis
2. Middle French · borrowed fromféral
3. English todayferal

From Latin fera (“wild beast”, noun) + -al or Latin ferus (“wild; savage; cruel”, adjective) + -al. Alternatively, borrowed from Middle French féral or Late Latin ferālis.

feral · adjective²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰéh₁s“god, sacred place”
2. Latin · derived fromfērālis“funereal”
3. English todayferal

From Latin fērālis (“funereal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s (“god, sacred place”).

feral · noun³

Homophone.

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