Etymograph

English

foiler

From foil + -er.

Formed from foil + -er

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

Today it means

noun One who foils or frustrates.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / foiler