Where does “foliate” come from?

foliate (English) comes from Latin foliatus, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

foliate (English): of or relating to leaves; shaped like a leaf;...

Definitions

  1. of or relating to leaves; shaped like a leaf;...

Ancestry of “foliate”, step by step

foliate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin foliatus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfoliatusleaved, leafy, having leaves
2Latinfoliuma leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper
3Proto-Italic*foljom
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

via English folia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfoliaplural of folium

Words derived from “foliate

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-