fust

fust · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰew-“to hit”
2. Latin · derived fromfūstis“knobbed stick, cudgel, club”
3. Old French · derived fromfust“wood; bole, tree trunk”
4. Middle English · inherited fromfust
5. English todayfust

From Middle English fust, from Old French fust (“wood; bole, tree trunk”) (modern French fût), from Latin fūstis (“knobbed stick, cudgel, club”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit”) or *gʷʰen- (“to strike; to kill, slay”).

fust · noun²

1. Latin · derived fromfusta“beam (of wood)”
2. Portuguese · derived fromfusta“fust”
3. English todayfust

Possibly from Portuguese fusta (“fust”), from Latin fusta (“beam (of wood)”), from fūstis (“knobbed stick, cudgel, club”); compare Middle French fuste.

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