Where does “fouetté” come from?

fouetté (English) comes from French fouetté, from French fouetter, from French fouet, from Old French fou, from Latin fāgus, from Proto-Italic fāgos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

fouetté (English): A ballet move in which either the body or the...

Definitions

  1. A ballet move in which either the body or the...

Ancestry of “fouetté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfouettépast participle of fouetter; whipped
2Frenchfouetterto beat with a whip; to hit and sting like a...
3Frenchfouetwhip; whisk; tip
4Old Frenchfoubeech
5Latinfāgusbeech tree
6Proto-Italicfāgos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Italic fāgos →Every word from Latin fāgus →