Etymology of the English word tomfoolery
the English word
tomfooleryderived from the English word
tomfoolderived from the English word
foolderived from the Old French word
folderived from the Late Latin word
follis (bag, purse; handball)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhel-derived from the English word
tomderived from the English word
Tomusing the English suffix
-eryderived from the English suffix
-yderived from the Latin suffix
-iaderived from the Latin suffix
-iumderived from the English suffix
-erderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*-arjazusing the Latin suffix
-arius (-ar)
Usage
Word found in Modern English
