foedus.
treaty, league, formal agreement (between states), alliance; P:peace, amity; contract, compact; promise, undertaking; marriage bond; other sexual unions; |bond/tie (friendship/kinship/hospitality); law/limit (imposed by nature/fate);
Meaning & usage
treaty, compact, alliance, truce, league
agreement, bond, contract, compact, pact, pledge, conditions, terms
covenant
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Proto-Italic *feiðos (“faithful”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-os, from *bʰeydʰ- (“to trust”). Same root as fīdō, fidēs, fīdus, and Proto-Germanic *bīdaną. Perhaps a corruption from an o-stem.
filthy, foul, disgusting, loathsome, ugly, unseemly, detestable, abominable, horrible
disgraceful, vile, obscene, base, horrible, dreadful, dishonorable, shameful, infamous, foul
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *foiðos (“afraid”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to frighten; be afraid”).
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