English
Folkestone
Folkestone may come from Old English folc ‘people’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150folc‘people’uncertain
- EnglishtodayFolkestone
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150folc‘people’uncertain
- EnglishtodayFolkestone
The story
The change to folces stan is probably due to false association with Old English folc (‘people’).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
people, public, full, complete, popular, plus, supply, plenty, fill, plain, implement, poll, completion, accomplish, comply, supplement, complement, manipulation, ample, plural, amplitude, plethora, amplify, plenary, replenish, depletion, replete, puri, plenum, deplete, plebs, plebeian, fulsome, 76 more
through Proto-West Germanic *folk ‘people, tribe’
Today it means
name A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2235).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English folc / Folkestone