Etymology

ferrum

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Today it means: Any of various remedies made from iron-containing compounds. Full definition →

Latin ferrum ← Old Latin *fersom
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The story

  1. Old Latin*fersom
  2. Latinferrum
  3. English todayferrum

Learned borrowing from Latin ferrum.

Words from the same roots

Latinferrum all →

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