different between roy vs foy

English

Etymology

From Middle English roy, roye, borrowed from Old French roi (“king”). Doublet of loa, rajah, Rex, and rex.

Noun

roy (plural roys)

1. (obsolete, formal) A king.

Related terms

• viceroy

Adjective

roy

1. (obsolete) Royal.

Anagrams

• -ory, yor

French

Noun

roy m (plural roys)

1. (pre-1800) Obsolete spelling of roi

Further reading

• “roy” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French roi, rei, from Latin rex, regem.

Noun

roy m (plural roys)

1. king (male ruler)

Descendants

• French: roi, roy
  • Antillean Creole: wa
  • Guianese Creole: rwè
  • Haitian Creole: wa
    • (perhaps) ? Haitian Creole: lwa
      • ? English: loa
  • Karipúna Creole French: hué
  • Louisiana Creole French: rwa
  • Seychellois Creole: lerwa
• Norman:

  Continental Normandy: rai, ré, rey

  Guernsey: ré, roué

  Jersey: rouai

  Sark: rwe

Old French

Noun

roy m (oblique plural roys, nominative singular roys, nominative plural roy)

1. Alternative form of roi

English

Etymology

From Middle French foy.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??

Noun

foy (countable and uncountable, plural foys)

1. (obsolete, rare) Faith, allegiance.
2. (obsolete) A feast given by one about to leave a place.
   • 1661 November 25, Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1661, 2006, Echo Library, page 124,

     To Westminster Hall in the morning with Captain Lambert, and there he did at the Dog give me and some other friends of his, his foy, he being to set sail to-day towards the Streights.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French foi.

Noun

foy f (plural foys)

1. faith
   • 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:

     Saigneur Dieu oste moy de ce torment, auquel ces traitres chiens me detiennent, pour la maintenance de ta foy.

     Lord God remove me from this torment in which these traiterous dogs are holding, to help me keep your faith.

Descendants

• French: foi

Portuguese

Verb

foy

1. Obsolete spelling of foi