Etymology

follis

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Today it means: A large bronze coin minted during the Roman Empire. Full definition →

Latin follis
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromfollis“a bag”
  2. English todayfollis

From Latin follis (“a bag”). Doublet of fals and fool.

Words from the same roots

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