English foolhardy

← English fool (compound)

← English hardy (compound)

← English fool-bold (mention)

← English fool-large (mention)

← Middle English folehardy (inherited)

← Middle English foolhardi (mention)

← Middle English folherdi (mention)

← Old French fol hardi (derived)

← Old French fol (derived)

← Old French hardi (derived)

← Old French hardir (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *harduz (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (derived)

← Latin follis (derived)

→ English foolhardiness (affix)

→ English foolhardily (suffix)

→ English foolhardihood (suffix)

→ English foolhardice (mention)