Where does “folicul” come from?
folicul (Romanian) comes from French follicule, from Latin folliculus, from Latin follis, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
folicul (Romanian): follicle
Definitions
- follicle
Ancestry of “folicul”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | follicule | follicle |
| 2 | Latin | folliculus | a small bellows; a small sack; an inflated ball |
| 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- | — |