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Where does “فَلْس” come from?

فَلْس (Arabic) comes from Aramaic פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ, from Ancient Greek φόλλις, from Latin follis, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

فَلْس (Arabic): fish scale

Definitions

  1. fish scale

Ancestry of “فَلْس”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicפילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ—
2Ancient Greekφόλλις—
3Latinfollisbellows; purse, sack, money bag; a small value...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵʰ-to swell
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “فَلْس”

  • fals
  • فلس
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