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==Origin==

==Origin==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] fo, from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] fāh, from fāh, adjective, [[hostile]]; akin to Old High German gifēh hostile

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] fo, from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] fāh, from fāh, adjective, [[hostile]]; akin to Old High German gifēh hostile

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]

repr. two distinct. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] [[words]]: (1) the [[simple]] fáh, fág adj. ( < Old Germanic *faiho-); (2) the compound gefá n. (weak masculine), originally an absolute use of *gefáh adj. (not recorded as such) = Old High German gifêh at [[feud]], odious (Middle High German gevêch, gevê) < Old Germanic *ga-faiho-, where the prefix imports the notion of ‘mutually’ (see y- prefix). As in many other nouns, the prefix ge-, i-, fell away in early [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], so that the compound n. and the absolute use of the [[simple]] adj. became coincident.

repr. two distinct. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] [[words]]: (1) the [[simple]] fáh, fág adj. ( < Old Germanic *faiho-); (2) the compound gefá n. (weak masculine), originally an absolute use of *gefáh adj. (not recorded as such) = Old High German gifêh at [[feud]], odious (Middle High German gevêch, gevê) < Old Germanic *ga-faiho-, where the prefix imports the notion of ‘mutually’ (see y- prefix). As in many other nouns, the prefix ge-, i-, fell away in early [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], so that the compound n. and the absolute use of the [[simple]] adj. became coincident.

The Germanic adj. *faiho- (represented only in West Germanic) is referred to the Aryan [[root]] *peiq- poiq- piq-, whence Old Irish oech enemy ( < poiqos, [[Greek]] πικρός bitter, Lithuanian pìkta-s angry. The current [[statement]] that the [[word]] is etymologically akin to fiend n. depends on the doubtful [[hypothesis]] that the root *peiq- is an extension of *pei- to hate.

The Germanic adj. *faiho- (represented only in West Germanic) is referred to the Aryan [[root]] *peiq- poiq- piq-, whence Old Irish oech enemy ( < poiqos, [[Greek]] πικρός bitter, Lithuanian pìkta-s angry. The current [[statement]] that the [[word]] is etymologically akin to fiend n. depends on the doubtful [[hypothesis]] that the root *peiq- is an extension of *pei- to hate.

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: one who has [[personal]] enmity for another

*1: one who has [[personal]] enmity for another

==Description==

==Description==

An enemy (or '''foe''') is an [[entity]] that is seen as forcefully [[adverse]] or threatening. The term is usually used within the greater [[context]] of [[war]], to denote an [[opposing]] [[group]] as a threat.

An enemy (or '''foe''') is an [[entity]] that is seen as forcefully [[adverse]] or threatening. The term is usually used within the greater [[context]] of [[war]], to denote an [[opposing]] [[group]] as a threat.

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]