foist

foist · verb, noun¹

1. Middle Dutch · derived fromvuysten
2. Dutch · derived fromvuisten“to take into one’s hand”
3. English todayfoist

Probably from archaic Dutch vuisten (“to take into one’s hand”), from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst (“fist”); akin to Old English fyst (“fist”).

foist · noun²

1. Latin · derived fromfustis“cudgel”
2. Old French · derived fromfuste“stick, boat”
3. English todayfoist

From Old French fuste (“stick, boat”), from Latin fustis (“cudgel”).

foist · noun³

1. Latin · derived fromfustis
2. Old French · derived fromfust
3. English todayfoist

From Old French fust (whence also French fût), from Latin fustis.

Foist · noun⁴

Fo + -ist

Words from the same roots