Etymograph

English

favel

Favel comes from Old French fauvel.

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400fauvel1
  2. Englishearliest quotation c. 1489favel1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English favel
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1489, William Caxton: “There came rydynge a messager vpon a horse fauell.”.

Lineage

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400fauvelWiktionary, English favel
  2. Englishearliest quotation c. 1489favelWiktionary, English favel. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1489, William Caxton: “There came rydynge a messager vpon a horse fauell.”

Every English word from Old French fauvel

Today it means

adj yellow or dun in colour

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “favel”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Old French fauvel / favel

Shirt and support for this word