fois

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French word fois comes from Proto-Indo-European *weig-, and later Latin vice (In place of, subordinate to.)

*weig- (Proto-Indo-European)

vice (Latin)

In place of, subordinate to.

vices (Latin)

feiz (Old French)

Time; instance; occasion.

foys (Middle French)

Time; occasion; occurrence.

fois (French)

(arithmetic) times, multiplied by. Time, an instance of something happening; a repetition.

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