English
foolhardily
From foolhardy + -ly.
A compound of foolhardy + -ly
Latin follis ‘bellows’
Old French fol ‘foolish, silly’
Old French fol hardi ‘foolishly bold’
Middle English folehardy ‘Marked by unthinking recklessness with…’
English foolhardy
Today it means
adv In a foolhardy manner
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foolhardily