furor.
madness, rage, fury, frenzy; passionate love;
Meaning & usage
to steal, plunder
to take away by stealth, remove secretly, to withdraw
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *bʰṓr Proto-Italic *fōr Latin fūr Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin fūror From fūr (“thief”) + -or.
frenzy, fury, rage, raving, insanity, madness, passion
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin furō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin furor From furō (“to rage, to be out of one's mind”) + -or.
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