Where does “foire” come from?

foire (French) comes from Middle French foire, from Old French foire, from Vulgar Latin feria, from Latin fēriae — a holy day; a festival; a holiday.

foire (French): a fair, an exposition; a marketplace selling...

Definitions

  1. a fair, an exposition; a marketplace selling...

Ancestry of “foire”, step by step

foire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French foire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfoire—
2Old Frenchfoirecelebration
3Vulgar Latinferiafestival, holy day; holiday; fair
4Latinfēriaea holy day; a festival; a holiday

via Latin foria

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinforiadiarrhea
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrey-to tow, to drive

Words derived from “foire”

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