Etymograph

English

adfolk

From ad + folk.

A compound of ad + folk

Proto-Germanic *fulką ‘troop, army’

Proto-West Germanic *folk ‘military, army, troop’

Old English folc ‘the people, especially the common people’

Middle English folk ‘people, folk’

English folk

Today it means

noun people in the advertising industry

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / adfolk