Where does “fuyard” come from?
fuyard (French) comes from French fuir, 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.
fuyard (French): fleeing; fleer, runaway; deserter
Definitions
- fleeing; fleer, runaway; deserter
Ancestry of “fuyard”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | fuir | To escape; To flee; To leak; to have a leak |
| 2 | Middle French | fuyr | to flee |
| 3 | Old French | fuïr | Alternative form of fuir |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | fugire | — |
| 5 | Latin | fugere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | fugiō | to flee |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewg- | to flee; to enjoy, benefit |