− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''coverfeu'', [[signal]] given to bank the [[hearth]] fire, curfew, from ''coverir'' to cover + ''fu'', ''feu'' fire, from [[Latin]] ''focus'' [[hearth]]. It was also used to [[describe]] the time of blowing out all lamps and candles. | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''coverfeu'', [[signal]] given to bank the [[hearth]] fire, curfew, from ''coverir'' to cover + ''fu'', ''feu'' fire, from [[Latin]] ''focus'' [[hearth]]. It was also used to [[describe]] the time of blowing out all lamps and candles. |