Decoy comes from Dutch de combined with Middle Dutch die, derived from Latin cavea meaning an enclosed space, from Latin cavus meaning hollow, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱówHwos.
decoy (English): A person or object meant to lure somebody into...
Definitions
A person or object meant to lure somebody into...
Ancestry of “decoy”, step by step
decoy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.