follis
English
noun
Definitions
- A large bronze coin minted during the Roman Empire.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin follis (bellows, purse, sack, inflated ball, belly, leather bag, paunch, a bag, device, bellows q).
Origin
Latin
follis
Gloss
bellows, purse, sack, inflated ball, belly, leather bag, paunch, a bag, device, bellows q
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *exfollāre Latin
- *follinus Latin
- *fullāre Latin
- *infolliō Latin
- follicāre Latin
- follis Latin
- fullāre Latin
- follar Spanish, Castilian
- follón Spanish, Castilian
- φόλλις Ancient Greek
- *bʰelǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰolǵʰnis Proto-Indo-European
- fol Old French
- fol Galician
- sufleca Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- înfoia Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Folle Alemannic German
- fol Old Occitan
- fô Bourguignon