furibund

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰewh₂-“smoke; haze, mist”
2. Latin · derived fromfuribundus“frantic, frenzied; maddened, raving; inspired”
3. Middle English · inherited fromfurybound
4. French · derived fromfuribond“furious”
5. English todayfuribund

From French furibond (“furious”) and Middle English furybound, furybounde, both borrowed from Latin furibundus (“frantic, frenzied; maddened, raving; inspired”), from furō (“to rave, rage”) + -bundus (suffix forming adjectives with an active or transitive meaning). The further etymology of furō is uncertain; a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke; haze, mist”) has been suggested.

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