Fur Definition
One of a Nilo-Saharan people of western Sudan.
- to cause dissension or fighting
- to accomplish much quickly
Other Word Forms of Fur
Noun
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Fur
Origin of Fur
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Middle English furren, from Anglo-Norman furrer (“to stuff, line, fill”), from fuerre (“sheath”), from Frankish *fōdar, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą 'sheath' (compare Old English fōdor (“sheaf”), Dutch voering (“lining”), German Futter (“lining”), Gothic (fōdr, “sheath”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-, *poh₂- 'to protect' (compare Lithuanian piemuō (“protection”), Ancient Greek pōy 'flock', pōma 'lid', ποιμήν (poimēn, “shepherd”), Old Armenian հաւրան (hawran, “herd, flock”), Kurdish pawan 'to watch over', Sanskrit पाति (pāti, “he watches, protects”), pātram 'container').
From Wiktionary
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Middle English furre probably from furren to line with fur from Old French forrer from forre, fuerre sheath, lining of Germanic origin pā- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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