Etymology

fers

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Today it means: The medieval chess piece that developed into the modern queen. Full definition →

Middle English fers ← Old French fierce ← Medieval Latin ferzia
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The story

  1. Classical Persian · derived fromفَرْزِین
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromferzia
  3. Old French · derived fromfierce
  4. Middle English · borrowed fromfers
  5. English todayfers

Borrowed from Middle English fers, from Old French fierce, from Medieval Latin ferzia, from Classical Persian فَرْزِین (farzīn).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishfers all →

fierce

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.