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fervently

/ˈfɜːvəntli/FUR-vuhnt-lee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈfɝvəntli/FUR-vuhnt-lee

Meaningin a fervent way

Common meaning: with strong feeling

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Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mad-‘drip, to flow’source
  2. Latinferveō‘to boil, seethe’
  3. Frenchfervent
  4. Middle Englishferuentsource
  5. Englishfervent‘full of passion’
  6. Englishformed in English from ferventfervently‘with strong feeling’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from fervent + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), FERVENT, p.206 · scan

Roots

  • ferveō Latin “to boil, seethe”

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