Etymology

foy

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Today it means: Faith, allegiance. Full definition →

Middle French foy
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foy · noun1

  1. Middle French · derived fromfoy
  2. English todayfoy

From Middle French foy. Doublet of faith.

Foy · proper noun2

  1. Middle French · borrowed fromfoy“faith”
  2. English todayFoy

From Middle French foy (“faith”) and placenames such as Sainte-Foy, variously from sainte foy (“holy faith”) and from the French name of St. Faith.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.