English
fewte
Fewte comes from Old French fuite ‘the fleeing, flight’.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400fuite‘the fleeing, flight’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500feute
- Englishearliest quotation 1968fewte
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400fuite‘the fleeing, flight’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500feute
- Englishearliest quotation 1968fewte
Earliest quotation: 1968, Promptorium parvulorum sive clericorum:: “Madden likewise, in his Glossary to Gawayn, had explained…”
Every English word from Old French fuite
Today it means
noun Signs left by game that is hunted, such as tracks or scent, the track itself.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French fuite / fewte