Where does “fauchoun” come from?

fauchoun (Middle English) comes from Old French fauchon, from Vulgar Latin falcionem, from Latin falx, from Proto-Indo-European dʰelg- — a cutting tool; to stick; needle, pin.

Ancestry of “fauchoun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfauchonfalchion
2Vulgar Latinfalcionem—
3Latinfalxsickle, scythe; a hook used to pull down walls
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰelg-a cutting tool; to stick; needle, pin

Words derived from “fauchoun”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰelg- →Every word from Latin falx →Every word from Vulgar Latin falcionem →