Middle English folehardy

← Middle English fole (compound)

← Middle English hardy (compound)

← 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- (derived)

← Latin follis (derived)

→ English foolhardy (inherited)