subterfuge

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1. Latin · derived fromsubterfugiō“to flee secretly”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromsubterfugium n
3. Middle French · borrowed fromsubterfuge m
4. English todaysubterfuge

Borrowed from Middle French subterfuge m, from Medieval Latin subterfugium n, from Latin subterfugiō (“to flee secretly”), from subter (“under”) and fugiō (“to flee”).