Etymograph

English

furacity

Furacity comes from Latin fūrāx ‘thievish’, from fūr ‘thief’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to carry’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-1‘to carry’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰṓr1‘thief’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fōr1‘thief’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūr2‘thief’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūrāx2‘thievish’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1790furacity2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin fur
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English furacity
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1790, Edward Umfreville: “they are ſly, cunning, and artful to a great…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-Wiktionary, Latin fur‘to carry’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰṓrWiktionary, Latin fur‘thief’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fōrWiktionary, Latin fur‘thief’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūrWiktionary, English furacity‘thief’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūrāxWiktionary, English furacity‘thievish’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1790furacityWiktionary, English furacity. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1790, Edward Umfreville: “they are ſly, cunning, and artful to a great…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to carry’

different, offer, difference, bar, birth, reference, bear, prefer, transfer, broad, bread, relative, suffer, relation, fortune, translation, relate, extraordinary, barrel, burden, differ, barn, referendum, bore, baron, breeze, referee, bark, frustration, translate, borne, fertile, fertility, berth, broom, phosphate, barrow, embargo, fret, extravagant, 154 more

through Proto-Italic *fōr ‘thief’

furtively, 2 more

through Latin fūr ‘thief’

fury, ferret, furtive, 3 more

Today it means

noun The habit of, or addiction to, theft; thievery.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “furacity”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin fur. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / furacity

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