Where does “folio” come from?
Folio comes from Latin folio, derived from Latin folium meaning leaf, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- meaning to swell or bloom.
folio (English): a leaf of a book or manuscript; A page of a book,...
Definitions
- a leaf of a book or manuscript; A page of a book,...
Ancestry of “folio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | folio | dative singular of folium; ablative singular of... |
| 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 “folio”