English

foxery

Foxery comes from Middle English foxerie.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from fox + -ery

Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos ‘the tailed one’

Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz ‘fox’

Proto-West Germanic *fuhs

Old English fox ‘fox’

Middle English fox

English fox

Every English word from Middle English foxerie

noun cunning behavior; trickery; deceit

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