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foin

Meaninga trident

Common meaning: thrust with a weapon

Journey through time

  1. Latinfuscina‘a trident’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsa trident → an eel-spearfoine‘an eel-spear’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsan eel-spear → thrust with a weaponfoin‘thrust with a weapon’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin fuscina ‘a trident’.

Roots

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