English
foilborne
Compound of foil + borne.
Proto-Italic *foljom
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Late Latin folia ‘a leaf’
Old French fueille ‘plant leaf’
Middle French fueille
Middle English foyle ‘a leaf’
English foil
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
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Proto-West Germanic *beran ‘to carry, to bear’
Old English beran ‘to carry, bear’
Old English boren
Middle English boren
English borne
Today it means
adj Moving via hydrofoils.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foilborne