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Where does “flus” come from?

flus (Maltese) comes from Arabic فُلُوس, from Arabic فَلْس, from Aramaic פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ, from Ancient Greek φόλλις, from Latin follis, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

flus (Maltese): money

Definitions

  1. money

Ancestry of “flus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicفُلُوسmoney
2Arabicفَلْسfish scale
3Aramaicפילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ—
4Ancient Greekφόλλις—
5Latinfollisbellows; purse, sack, money bag; a small value...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵʰ-to swell
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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