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fiance
Old French
noun
Definitions
faith; confidence
Etymology
Suffix from Old French fier (trust).
Origin
Old French
fier
Gloss
trust
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
Cognates
fidentia
Latin
fidanza
Italian
fidanzare
Italian
fidare
Italian
sfidanza
Italian
fiance
French
*bʰeydʰ-
Proto-Indo-European
fier
Old French
méfiaïr
Norman
mêfier
Norman
fiance
Middle French
fier
Middle French
fiansa
Old Occitan
Derived Terms
fier