fiebre

/ˈfjebɾe/ · B1 · noun · f

fever

🌡️ fiebre and fever share Latin febris, as in the English word febrile

Spanish turned the Latin e into ie, as it also did in tiempo and piedra, and kept febris's b. A febrile patient has fiebre, so the English medical word works as a bridge to the Spanish.

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