fitchew
See also: Fitchew
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English fitchewes (mistaken as a plural), variant of Middle English fichouse, ficheux, from Old French fissiauls (plural) and fichau, fissel (“polecat”), from Middle Dutch vitsche, visse, fisse (“polecat”), ultimately (via a Northern French dialect) from Latin vissiō (“stench”). Compare French vison (“mink”).
Noun
[edit]fitchew (plural fitchews)
Further reading
[edit]- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “visse”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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