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feral
[feral 词源字典]
feral:
see
fierce
[feral etymology, feral origin, 英语词源]
feral (adj.)
c. 1600, "wild, undomesticated," from Middle French
feral
"wild," from Latin
fera
, in phrase
fera bestia
"wild animal," from
ferus
"wild" (see
fierce
). Since 19c. commonly "run wild, having escaped from domestication."