English
folic acid
Folic acid comes from Latin folium ‘leaf’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfolium‘leaf’
- Englishtodayfolic acid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfolium‘leaf’
- Englishtodayfolic acid
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘blossom, flower’
full, blood, blow, flower, blade, bless, bloom, fool, floral, bleed, flora, blossom, flourish, ferret, florist, fleur, flor, belladonna, 55 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom ‘leaf’
through Latin folium ‘leaf’
Today it means
noun A polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid, one of the vitamin B complex, essential for cell growth and reproduction
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin folium / folic acid