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

Definitions

  1. to dig

Ancestry of “foui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchfouirAlternative form of foïr
2Latinfodīre—
3Latinfodiōto dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰod-to pierce, dig

Words derived from “foui”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- →Every word from Latin fodiō →Every word from Latin fodīre →