Where does “curfew” come from?

Curfew comes from Old French coeverfu, from Old French fu, from Latin focus meaning hearth or fireplace.

curfew (English): Any regulation requiring people to be off the...

Definitions

  1. Any regulation requiring people to be off the...

Ancestry of “curfew”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcurfucurfew feudal regulation
2Old Frenchcuevre-fu

Words derived from “curfew

Every word from Old French cuevre-fuEvery word from Middle English curfu