English
folklike
From folk + -like.
A compound of folk + -like
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
adj Resembling the style of folk music
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / folklike