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Follis is Latin for:

  1. bellows
  2. purse, sack, money bag
  3. a small value coin
  4. an inflated ball
  5. paunch, belly
  6. puffed cheeks

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰolǵʰnis, o-grade i-stem derivative of *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”). Cognates include बर्हिस् (barhís, “straw, sacrificial straw”), Old English belġ (“bulge, bag, purse”) (English belly) and belġan (“to swell with anger”), Old Prussian balsinis (“cushion”) and Old Irish bolg (“belly; bag; bellows”).

Folie

Folie is French for madness, folly and insanity. It is also meant to denote something frivolous or capricious, such as an architectural folly. See folies as in Folies Bergère and A Bar at the Folies-Bergère.

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Fou

fou or fol is French for mad or crazy.

It is derived from Latin follis.

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