Where does “floes” come from?
floes (Dutch) comes from Moroccan Arabic فلوس, from Arabic فُلُوس, from Arabic فَلْس, from Aramaic פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ, from Ancient Greek φόλλις, from Latin follis, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
floes (Dutch): money, dough
Definitions
- money, dough
Ancestry of “floes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moroccan Arabic | فلوس | money; chick, young chicken |
| 2 | Arabic | فُلُوس | money |
| 3 | Arabic | فَلْس | fish scale |
| 4 | Aramaic | פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φόλλις | — |
| 6 | Latin | follis | bellows; purse, sack, money bag; a small value... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵʰ- | to swell |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |