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Februa f. (Noun) "Februa" Name of an old purification ritual of the Romans held in honor of Juno, Lupercus, and the month of February. Based on an unattested adjectival *februus "cleansing," "purifying;" from earlier *febro- "purification." There are two possible Proto-Indo-European sources for *febro-. From either Proto-Italic *fwesro- "burnt offering," and thus from Proto-Indo-European *d^hu̯es-ro- "smoking;" or from Proto-Italic *feχ^wro- "burnt offering," and thus from Proto-Indo-European *d^heg^wh-ro- "burning." Either reconstructed source is meet. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
feliz (Adjective) "happy" 13th cent. From Latin felicem, accusative of felix "happy," but earlier "fruitful." From Proto-Italic *fēlwī-, which de Vaan (2014) evincingly interprets as "with young." From Proto-Indo-European *d^heh₁-lu̯-i- 'id.,' a hypercorrection of earlier *d^heh₁-lu̯- 'id.' From the noun *d^heh₁-l- "young animal." From the root *d^heh₁- "to suckle." As there were myriad Catholic saints named Felix, myriad names and surnames appeared throughout Spain in Christian reverence: Feliz, Félez, Felices, Felies, Felis, San Félix, Félix, San Félix, Santelices, Sanfelis, and Sanfiz. Indo-European Romance Asturian feliz, Portuguese feliz, Galician feliz, Catalan feliç, Italian felice, Romanian ferice Celtic Middle Irish deil "sow" Germanic Old High German tila "nipple," Old English delu 'id.' Balto-Slavic Lithuanian dėlė̃ "leech," Latvian dēle 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek θῆλυς (t^hêlus) "female" Armenian Armenian dayl "beestings" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit dhārú- "suckling" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008. Tibón, G. Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos. Editorial Diana: Mexico. 1988.
feo (Adjective) ugly 12th cent. From Latin foedus "loathsome," "vile." From Proto-Italic *foiþo- "afraid." From Proto-Indo-European *b^he-b^hoi̯H- "to be afraid." A reduplication of the root *b^hiH- 'id.' Also the origin of the surnames Feo and Feio. Indo-European Romance Asturian feu, Portuguese feio, Galician feo Indo-Iranian Sanskrit bibháya "is afraid" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008. Tibón, G. Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos. Editorial Diana: Mexico. 1988.
-fero, -fer- Suffix "bring" From Latin ferre "to bring." From Proto-Italic *fer-e/o- "to carry." From Proto-Indo-European *b^her-e/o- 'id.' de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
ferro- Prefix "iron" Very late 16th cent. From Latin ferrum 'id.' Of unknown origin. Possibly from Phoenician barzel "iron." "The vocabulary associated with metallurgy is very restricted and at best we can attest the existence of copper/bronze, gold, and silver; words associated with later technologies such as 'iron' escape reconstruction to any great antiquity." ~ Mallory & Adams, The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (2006) Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
ferrocarril m. (Noun) "railway" 19th cent. From ferro- "iron" and carril. A calque of English "iron railway," a name used by William Jessop for his horse-drawn plateway in England. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
fértil (Adjective) "fertile" 15th cent. From Latin fertilis 'id.,' from ferre "to produce," "to carry." From Proto-Italic *fer-e/o- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *b^her-e/o- 'id.' A thematic present from the root *b^her- "to bear." Indo-European Romance Asturian fértil, Portuguese fértil, Galician fértil, Catalan fèrtil, French fertile, Italian fertile Italic Oscan ferríns "were to carry," Umbrian fertu "he carried," Marrucinian ferret "he carries," Volscan ferom "to carry" Celtic Old Irish beirid "to carry," Middle Welsh beryt "to flow," Middle Breton beraff 'id.,' Cornish kemmeres "to recieve" Germanic Gothic bairan "to bear," Old Norse bera 'id.,' Old Saxon beran 'id.,' Old High German beran 'id.,' Old English beran 'id.' (English to bear) Albanian Albanian bie "to carry" Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic bьrati "to gather," Russian brat' "to take," Lithuanian ber̃ti "to scatter" Hellenic Ancient Greek φέρειν (p^hérein) "to bear" Phrygian Phrygian αβ-βερετ (ab-beret) "to bear" Armenian Armenian berem "to bear" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit bhára- "to bear," Avestan bara- 'id.' Tocharian A paräṃ "to bear," B pärtä 'id.' Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
fiar (Verb) "to guarantee" 12th cent. From Vulgar Latin *fidare "to trust," from Latin fidere 'id.' From Proto-Italic *feiþe- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *b^hei̯dh-e/o- 'id.' Indo-European Romance Portuguese fender, Catalan fendre, French fendre, Italian fendere Italic Umbrian fise (deity) "Trust" Albanian Albanian bē "oath" Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic běda "distress," Russian bedá "trouble," Czech bída "poverty," Bulgarian bedá "misery" Hellenic Ancient Greek πείθομαι (peít^homai) "to be convinced" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
-fico, -ficio, -ficium (Suffix) "maker" From Latin -ficus and -ficium respectively. Derived from facere "to make" (see hacer). Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
fiesta f. (Noun) "party," "feast" 13th cent. From Latin festa 'id.' Originally the Latin word of choice was in the masculine, festus. The modern feminine fiesta derives from a longer Roman phrase festa dies "festival days," reinterpreted as a feminine singular noun. From Proto-Italic *fēs-to "holiday." From Proto-Indo-European *d^heh₁-s-to- "holy." From *d^heh₁-s- "religious gift." Perhaps from a root *d^heh₁- "to gift (in a religious context)." As a surname Fiestas, it was created in reference to Catholic holy days. Indo-European Romance Portuguese festo, Italian festa Italic Oscan fiísíais "at/by the holidays" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit dhiṣā "impetuously," Avestan dāh- "gift" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008. Tibón, G. Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos. Editorial Diana: Mexico. 1988.