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Where does “fola” come from?

fola (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic folō, from Proto-Germanic fulô, from Proto-Indo-European "pl̥Hon-", from Proto-Indo-European pōlH- — animal young.

fola (Old English): foal, colt

Definitions

  1. foal, colt

Ancestry of “fola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfolōfoal
2Proto-Germanicfulôfoal
3Proto-Indo-European"pl̥Hon-"—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpōlH-animal young

Words derived from “fola”

  • fool
  • foolish
  • foolishly
  • fooling
  • foal
  • foolproof
  • foolishest
  • tomfool
  • damnfool
  • fooler
  • foolest
  • foolometer
  • fooleth
  • unfool
  • unfoolable
  • foolable
  • unfoolish
  • foolhood
  • tomfoolish
  • foalish
  • outfool
  • fooldom
  • foolproofness
  • foolproofly
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