Etymology of the English word frenzy
the English word
frenzyderived from the Old French word
frenesiederived from the Medieval Latin word
phrenesiaderived from the Greek word
phrenitisderived from the Greek word
phren, φρήν (diaphragm; the midrif (as a partition of the body); (figuratively and by implication, of sympathy) the feelings (or sensitive nature; by extension (also in the plural) the mind or cognitive faculties))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷhren-derived from the Latin word
phrenesis (madness, frenzy)
derived from the Greek word
phren, φρήν (diaphragm; the midrif (as a partition of the body); (figuratively and by implication, of sympathy) the feelings (or sensitive nature; by extension (also in the plural) the mind or cognitive faculties))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷhren-derived from the French word
frenzyderived from the Medieval Latin word
phrenesiaderived from the Greek word
phrenitisderived from the Greek word
phren, φρήν (diaphragm; the midrif (as a partition of the body); (figuratively and by implication, of sympathy) the feelings (or sensitive nature; by extension (also in the plural) the mind or cognitive faculties))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷhren-derived from the Latin word
phrenesis (madness, frenzy)
derived from the Greek word
phren, φρήν (diaphragm; the midrif (as a partition of the body); (figuratively and by implication, of sympathy) the feelings (or sensitive nature; by extension (also in the plural) the mind or cognitive faculties))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷhren-Date
The earliest known usage of frenzy in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
frenziedUsage
Word found in Modern English
