English

faefolk

From fae + folk.

Formed from fae + folk

Medieval Latin fāda ‘fāta’

Old French fae

English fae

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 Synonym of fairy folk

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