Where does “foliation” come from?
Foliation comes from French foliation, from Latin folium meaning leaf, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, ultimately from the root bʰel- meaning to swell or bloom.
foliation (English): The process of forming into a leaf or leaves; The...
Definitions
- The process of forming into a leaf or leaves; The...
Ancestry of “foliation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | foliation | — |
| 2 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
Words derived from “foliation”