Etymology

defoul

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Today it means: To trample underfoot. Full definition →

Middle English defoulen ← Old French defouler
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromdefouler
  2. Middle English · inherited fromdefoulen
  3. English todaydefoul

Inherited from Middle English defoulen, from Old French defouler.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchdefouler all →

defoil

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