Where does “folião” come from?
folião (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese foliar, from Portuguese folia, from Old Occitan folia, from Old French folie, from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
folião (Portuguese): reveller; merrymaker; playful
Definitions
- reveller; merrymaker; playful
Ancestry of “folião”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | foliar | foliate; foliar |
| 2 | Portuguese | folia | merrymaking; merriment; folia |
| 3 | Old Occitan | folia | madness |
| 4 | Old French | folie | madness; insanity |
| 5 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |