Where does “fuir” come from?
fuir (French) comes from Middle French fuyr, from Old French fuïr, from Vulgar Latin fugire, from Latin fugere, from Proto-Italic fugiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewg- — to flee; to enjoy, benefit.
fuir (French): To escape; To flee; To leak; to have a leak
Definitions
- To escape; To flee; To leak; to have a leak
Ancestry of “fuir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | fuyr | to flee |
| 2 | Old French | fuïr | Alternative form of fuir |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | fugire | — |
| 4 | Latin | fugere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | fugiō | to flee |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewg- | to flee; to enjoy, benefit |
Words derived from “fuir”