Etymology of the French word fièvre
the French word
fièvrederived from the Latin word
febris (fever, attack of fever)
Date
The earliest known usage of fièvre in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
enfiévrer,
fiévrotte,
fiévreuxCognates
Catalan
febra, English
fever, French
faible, German
Faible, German
Fieber, Italian
fievole, Italian
febbre, Latin
febris, Norwegian
feber, Portuguese
febre, Provençal
febre, Provençal
feble, Romanian
febră, Spanish
feble, Spanish
fiebre, Swedish
fäbless, Swedish
feber, Yiddish
fiber
