fool
Middle English
noun
Definitions
- (alt form) fole
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French fol (insane, mad, foolish, silly) derived 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
- follis English
- *exfollāre Latin
- *follinus Latin
- *fullāre Latin
- *infolliō Latin
- follicāre Latin
- follis Latin
- follis, follem Latin
- fullāre Latin
- follar Spanish, Castilian
- follón Spanish, Castilian
- φόλλις Ancient Greek
- *bʰelǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰolǵʰnis Proto-Indo-European
- ffoole Middle English
- fole Middle English
- foole Middle English
- foul Middle English
- fjols Danish
- fol Old French
- fol hardi Old French
- folaige Old French
- fol Galician
- sufleca Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- înfoia Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- fo Norman
- fol Middle French
- Folle Alemannic German
- fol Old Occitan
- fô Bourguignon