The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφέρετρον
- Latin · learned borrowing fromferetrum
- English todayferetrum
Learned borrowing from Latin feretrum, from Ancient Greek φέρετρον (phéretron). Doublet of feretory.
Words from the same roots
Latinferetrum all →
fearferetory
Ancient Greekφέρετρον all →
feretory
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.