The story
- Old English · inherited fromfolc“people”
- English todayFolkestone
From the Old English personal name *Folca, genitive singular *Folcan + stān (“stone”). The change to folces stan is probably due to false association with Old English folc (“people”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishfolc all →
folk
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.