Etymology

foamy

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Today it means: Full of foam. Full definition →

Middle English fomy ← Old English fāmiġ ← Proto-West Germanic *faimag
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*faimag
  2. Old English · inherited fromfāmiġ
  3. Middle English · inherited fromfomy
  4. English todayfoamy

From Middle English fomy, from Old English fāmiġ, fǣmiġ (“frothy, foamy”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimag, *faimīg, equivalent to foam + -y.

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