English
elfoid
From elf + -oid.
Formed from elf + -oid
Proto-Indo-European *albʰós ‘white’
Proto-Germanic *albiz
Proto-West Germanic *albi ‘elf, fairy’
Old English ielf
Middle English elf ‘elf, fairy’
English elf
Today it means
adj Resembling an elf; elfish; elflike.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / elfoid