Where does “foier” come from?

foier (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin focarium, from Latin focārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Ancestry of “foier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinfocarium
2Latinfocāriusa kitchen-boy
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Latin focārius