English
foilist
From foil + -ist.
A compound of foil + -ist
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 A fencer who fights with a foil.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foilist