French

Noun

fieu m ‎(plural fieux)

1. (Picardy, colloquial) son (male child)

Anagrams

• fuie

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish *fehu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- ‎(“livestock”).

Noun

fieu m ‎(oblique plural fieus, nominative singular fieus, nominative plural fieu)

1. fief

Descendants

• Medieval Latin: fevum, feudum, feodum
  • Old French: fief, feud
    • Middle French: fief
      • French: fief
    • Anglo-Norman: fief, feud
      • English: fief
  • Old Provençal: feu
    • Catalan: feu
    • Occitan: fèu

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) fiug
• (Sutsilvan) fia, fiac
• (Surmiran) fi
• (Puter, Vallader) fö

Etymology

From Latin focus ‎(“hearth, fireplace”).

Noun

fieu m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) fire