English

foxhunt

From fox + hunt.

A compound of fox + hunt

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 *huntōną ‘to hunt’

Proto-West Germanic *huntōn ‘to hunt’

Old English huntian ‘to hunt’

Middle English hunten ‘to hunt’

English hunt

Today it means

noun A hunt for foxes, usually with dogs.

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