foe
English
/fəʊ/, /foʊ/
adj
Definitions
- (obsolete) Hostile.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fo (foe, hostile) inherited from Old English ġefāh (enemy) inherited from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (criminal, coloured, motley, hostile) derived from Proto-Indo-European *peik/k̑- (hate, be hostile).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peik/k̑-
Gloss
hate, be hostile
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
憎
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- archfoe English
- befoe English
- cyberfeud English
- feud English
- feuder English
- feudist English
- feudlike English
- foehood English
- foeless English
- foelike English
- foeman English
- foeship English
- man English
- peikko Finnish
- *peik/k̑- Proto-Indo-European
- *peyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *faihaz Proto-Germanic
- fāg Old English
- ġefāh Old English
- fa Middle English
- fede Middle English
- fo Middle English
- foman Middle English
- foo Middle English
- foschip Middle English
- fejde Danish
- veechte Middle Dutch
- *faih gmw-pro
- feydhe Old Danish