Febricitant
/ˌfiːbrɪˈsɪt.ənt/noun
A person who is feverish or suffering from fever.
Did you know?Febricitant comes from Latin fever-language, ultimately tied to the same ancient root that gave English febrile and febrifuge, words long used in medicine to name heat, cure, and the body’s dangerous inner fire.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dʰeh₂-
“to set, put, or make”
Latin
Latin
febris
“fever, ague”
Late Latin
Latin
febricitant-
“feverish; suffering from fever”
Middle English
English
febricitant
“feverish; in a feverish state”
Modern English
English
febricitant
“a person who is feverish or suffering from fever”
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