Etymology

fouse

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Today it means: To tumble, disarrange, rumple. Full definition →

Middle English fousen ← Old English fȳsan ← Proto-West Germanic *funsijan
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*funsijan“to make ready”
  2. Old English · inherited fromfȳsan“to hasten”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromfousen
  4. English todayfouse

From Middle English fousen, fusen, from Old English fȳsan (“to hasten”), from Proto-West Germanic *funsijan (“to make ready”). Doublet of feeze, fease, and faze.

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*funsijan all →

faze

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