Where does “folate” come from?
folate (Italian) comes from Italian folata, from Italian folle, from Latin follis, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
folate (Italian): plural of folata
Ancestry of “folate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | folata | gust of wind, windflaw; flurry, shower |
| 2 | Italian | folle | bellows; mad; insane; idle |
| 3 | Latin | follis | bellows; purse, sack, money bag; a small value... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵʰ- | to swell |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |