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Where does “foulder” come from?

foulder (English) comes from Middle English fouldre, from Old French foudre, from Latin fulgur, from Proto-Italic folgos — brightness.

foulder (English): To flash like lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to...

Definitions

  1. To flash like lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to...

Ancestry of “foulder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfouldrelightning
2Old Frenchfoudrelightning
3Latinfulgurlightning, a flash of lightning; thunderbolt
4Proto-Italicfolgosbrightness
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