Where does “foui” come from?
foui (Norman) comes from Old French fouir, from Latin fodīre, from Latin fodiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- — to pierce, dig.
foui (Norman): to dig
Ancestry of “foui”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | fouir | Alternative form of foïr |
| 2 | Latin | fodīre | — |
| 3 | Latin | fodiō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰod- | to pierce, dig |
Words derived from “foui”