Etymology

ferie

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Today it means: A holiday. Full definition →

Middle English ferie ← Old French ferie ← Latin feriae
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  1. Latin · derived fromferiae“holidays”
  2. Old French · derived fromferie
  3. Middle English · inherited fromferie
  4. English todayferie

From Middle English ferie, from Old French ferie, from Latin feriae (“holidays”). See fair.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishferie all →

ferry

Latinferiae all →

fairfayrefetti

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.