Where does “farfouiller” come from?
farfouiller (French) comes from French fouiller, from Latin fodiculare, from Latin fodicare, from Latin fodere, from Latin fodio, from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- — to pierce, dig.
farfouiller (French): to rummage around
Definitions
- to rummage around
Ancestry of “farfouiller”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fouiller | to search; to search, frisk; to go into,... |
| 2 | Latin | fodiculare | — |
| 3 | Latin | fodicare | present active infinitive of fodicō;... |
| 4 | Latin | fodere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | fodio | to dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰod- | to pierce, dig |