English
fusilly
Fusilly comes from French fusiller ‘to shoot, to shoot down, to gun down’, from fusil ‘steel to strike sparks from a flint’, and ultimately from Latin focus ‘fireplace’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfocus‘fireplace’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400fuisil
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfusil‘steel to strike sparks from a flint’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentfusilleras fusillé‘to shoot, to shoot down, to gun down’
- Englishtodayfusilly
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfocus‘fireplace’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400fuisil
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfusil‘steel to strike sparks from a flint’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentfusilleras fusillé‘to shoot, to shoot down, to gun down’
- Englishtodayfusilly
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine’
phone, professor, ben, phase, famous, favor, favourite, ban, fantasy, fate, fancy, fame, photographer, phenomenon, fatal, bee, fairy, abandon, emphasis, infant, profession, fabulous, confess, phantom, symphony, beacon, beck, boon, eff, fab, fay, bane, prophetic, epiphany, fable, banish, buoy, profess, bene, banal, 125 more
through Latin focus ‘fireplace’
Today it means
adj Having fusils.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin focus / fusilly