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Where does “foilest” come from?

foilest (English) comes from English FOIL, from Middle English foilen, from Old French fouler, from Latin fullo, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

foilest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

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Ancestry of “foilest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFOILTo apply the FOIL algorithm to
2Middle Englishfoilenspoil a scent trail by crossing it
3Old Frenchfoulerto tread, to stamp, to full; tread on, trample
4Latinfullofuller
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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