English
fiendy
Fiendy comes from Middle English feendy.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500feendy
- Englishearliest quotation 1915fiendy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500feendy
- Englishearliest quotation 1915fiendy
Earliest quotation: 1915, Robert Grant, The High Priestess: “He got so fiendy finally that Mrs. Ford —…”
Formed from fiend + -y
Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- ‘to hate’
Proto-Germanic *fijandz ‘enemy, fiend’
Proto-West Germanic *fijand
Old English fēond ‘enemy’
Middle English fend ‘enemy’
English fiend
Every English word from Middle English feendy
Today it means
adj Like a fiend; fiendish
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English feendy / fiendy