Where does “wing foiling” come from?
wing foiling (English) comes from English foiling, from English foil, from Middle English foil, from Old French fueille, from Late Latin folia, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom.
wing foiling (English): A surface watersport where a rider uses a lightweight wing on a surf board with a hydrofoil
Definitions
- A surface watersport where a rider uses a lightweight wing on a surf board with a hydrofoil
Ancestry of “wing foiling”, step by step
wing foiling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English foiling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | foiling | present participle of foil; The act by which... |
| 2 | English | foil | A very thin sheet of metal; Thin... |
| 3 | Middle English | foil | — |
| 4 | Old French | fueille | leaf |
| 5 | Late Latin | folia | nominative plural of folium; accusative plural of... |
| 6 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English wing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wing | An appendage of an animal's body that enables it... |
| 2 | English | woman | An adult female human; All female humans... |
| 3 | Middle English | womman | An female adult person; a woman; The female sex... |
| 4 | Old English | wīfmann | woman; female servant; woman |
| 5 | Old English | mann | person; man meaning mankind; man meaning adult... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | mann | person, human |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |