Where does “fou” come from?

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

fou (Middle English): multicoloured, stippled; A kind of multicoloured...

Definitions

  1. multicoloured, stippled; A kind of multicoloured...

Ancestry of “fou”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fou”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic faih →Every word from Old English fāh →