Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “faȝe” come from?

faȝe (Middle English) comes from Old English fāh, from Proto-West Germanic faih — coloured; hostile.

Ancestry of “faȝe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfāhcoloured; stained; dyed; tinged; shining;...
2Proto-West Germanicfaihcoloured; hostile

Words derived from “faȝe”

  • faw
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