Where does “foglio” come from?
foglio (Italian) comes 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-.
foglio (Italian): sheet
Ancestry of “foglio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
Words derived from “foglio”