The story
- Latin · derived fromfollis
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφόλλις
- Aramaic · derived fromפילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ
- Arabic · borrowed fromفَلْس
- English todayfals
From Arabic فَلْس (fals), from Aramaic פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ (/fuləsā, filas/), from Ancient Greek φόλλις (phóllis), from Latin follis. Doublet of follis and fool.
Words from the same roots
Latinfollis all →
foolhardyfollis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.