English
Foy
Foy comes from Middle French foy ‘faith’, and goes back to Latin fidem.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfidem
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400foi‘faith’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600foy‘faith’
- Englishearliest quotation 1771Foy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfidem
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400foi‘faith’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600foy‘faith’
- Englishearliest quotation 1771Foy
Earliest quotation: 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. II: “FOY, or St Foy, a town in Guienne, in…”
Linked words
through Latin fidem
through Old French foi ‘faith’
through Middle French foy ‘faith’
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fidem / Foy