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fever

(Anglès)

Freqüència

B2
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈfiːvə/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From Middle English fever, fevere, from Old English fefer, fefor (“fever”) and Old French fievre (“fever”), from Latin febris (“a fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Replaced native Old English hriþ (“fever”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fiewer, German Fieber, Danish feber, Swedish feber.

Related words

pirèxia

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