Where does “fobou” come from?

fobou (Haitian Creole) comes from French faubourg, from Old French fors bourg, from Old French fors, from Latin forīs, from Proto-Italic *foris — door.

fobou (Haitian Creole): suburb

Definitions

  1. suburb

Ancestry of “fobou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfaubourgsuburb
2Old Frenchfors bourgsettlement outside the ramparts
3Old Frenchforsoutside; apart from
4Latinforīsdoor
5Proto-Italic*forisdoor
Every word from Proto-Italic *foris