English
foxbane
fox + bane
Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos ‘the tailed one’
Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz ‘fox’
Proto-West Germanic *fuhs
Old English fox ‘fox’
Middle English fox
English fox
Proto-Germanic *banô ‘killer, murderer, slayer’
Proto-West Germanic *banō
Old English bana ‘person or thing that causes death, murderer’
Middle English bane ‘person or thing that destroys life, murderer,…’
English bane
Today it means
noun A species of wolfsbane with yellow flowers, Aconitum vulparia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foxbane