fenoil

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fēnuclum, syncopated form of Late Latin fēnuculum, from the Classical Latin faeniculum, a diminutive form of faenum (“hay”).

Noun

fenoil oblique singular, m (oblique plural fenouz or fenoilz, nominative singular fenouz or fenoilz, nominative plural fenoil)

1. fennel
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):

     A ce appartienent bourrages, fenoil, percin, brouet de cezes, prunes, cerises doulces et matures, spinarches, vectes, safrain et les semblables.

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Related terms

• foin / fein

Descendants

• French: fenouil
• → Old English: finule, finol, finugl, finugle
  • Middle English: fenell, fenel, fenyl, fenele, vinel, finelle, fenelle
    • English: fennel
    • Scots: fennel