Where does “fouiner” come from?

fouiner (French) comes from French fouine, from Latin fagīna, from Vulgar Latin fagina, from Latin faginus, from Latin fagus, from Proto-Italic fāgos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

fouiner (French): to furrow, ferret, snoop around

Definitions

  1. to furrow, ferret, snoop around

Ancestry of “fouiner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfouinebeech marten; inflection of fouiner: ##...
2Latinfagīnabeech marten
3Vulgar Latinfaginainflection of fāginus: ## nominative/vocative...
4Latinfaginusof or pertaining to a beech tree
5Latinfagusbeech tree
6Proto-Italicfāgos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech

Words derived from “fouiner”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Italic fāgos →Every word from Latin fagus →