French word fois comes from Proto-Indo-European *weig-, and later Latin vice (In place of, subordinate to.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*weig- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
vice | Latin (lat) | In place of, subordinate to. |
vices | Latin (lat) | |
feiz | Old French (fro) | Time; instance; occasion. |
foys | Middle French (frm) | Time; occasion; occurrence. |
fois | French (fr) | (arithmetic) times, multiplied by. Time, an instance of something happening; a repetition. |