English
elfinfolk
From elfin + folk.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós ‘white’
Proto-Germanic *albiz ‘elf’
Old English ielf ‘elf’
Old English elfen ‘nymph, spirit, fairy’
Middle English elven ‘a elf, a fairy, nymph’
English elfin
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
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / elfinfolk