Where does “foi” come from?
foi (Romanian) comes from Romanian foaie, from Latin folia, 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-.
foi (Romanian): plural of foaie; to fuss, bustle, move about; to...
Definitions
- plural of foaie; to fuss, bustle, move about; to...
Ancestry of “foi”, step by step
foi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian foaie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | foaie | sheet; leaf |
| 2 | Latin | folia | nominative plural of folium; accusative plural of... |
| 3 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |