English
feese
Feese may come from Middle English fese ‘a blast, a rush, a burst’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fese‘a blast, a rush, a burst’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1565feese
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fese‘a blast, a rush, a burst’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1565feese
Earliest quotation: 1565, Thomas Cooper, Thesaurus linguae Romanae et Britannicae: “Conatum longius petere. Quintill: To fetche his feese of…”
Linked words
through Middle English fesen ‘to put to flight’
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English fese / feese