Where does “fouldre” come from?

fouldre (Middle English) comes from Old French foudre, from Latin fulgur, from Proto-Italic folgos — brightness.

fouldre (Middle English): lightning

Definitions

  1. lightning

Ancestry of “fouldre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfoudrelightning
2Latinfulgurlightning, a flash of lightning; thunderbolt
3Proto-Italicfolgosbrightness

Words derived from “fouldre”

Every word from Proto-Italic folgos →Every word from Latin fulgur →Every word from Old French foudre →