Etymology

fewte

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Today it means: Signs left by game that is hunted, such as tracks or scent, the track itself. Full definition →

Middle English feute ← Old French fuite
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  1. Old French · derived fromfuite“the fleeing, flight”
  2. Middle English · derived fromfeute
  3. English todayfewte

From Middle English feute, itself from Old French fuite (“the fleeing, flight”), as of what is left and seen from fleeing game.

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