Etymology

furor

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Today it means: A general uproar or commotion. Full definition →

Middle English furour ← Middle French fureur ← Old French furor
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  1. Latin · derived fromfuror
  2. Old French · derived fromfuror
  3. Middle French · derived fromfureur
  4. Middle English · inherited fromfurour
  5. English todayfuror

From Middle English furour, from Middle French fureur, from Old French furor, from Latin furor, from furō (“To rage, to be out of one's mind”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.