Etymology

werefox

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Today it means: A person who transforms into a fox or foxlike form. Full definition →

English fox ← Middle English fox ← Old English fox
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The story

  1. Englishwere-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*púḱsos
  3. Proto-Germanic*fuhsaz
  4. Old Englishfox
  5. Middle Englishfox
  6. Englishfox
  7. English todaywerefox

From were- + fox.

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