English
fub
Fub comes from English fob ‘cheat, trick’.
- English1500–presentfob‘cheat, trick’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1599fub
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentfob‘cheat, trick’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1599fub
Earliest quotation: c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.: “A hundred mark is a long score for a…”
Every English word from English fob
Today it means
verb To put off by trickery; to cheat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English fob / fub