Etymograph

English

folkstyle

From folk + style.

A compound of folk + style

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

Latin stilus ‘a stake’

Medieval Latin stylus

Middle English stile ‘writing tool’

English style

Today it means

adj Being a style of amateur wrestling practised at collegiate and university level in the United States; the ultimate goal is to pin the opponent to the mat, and the legs can be used in offense and defense.

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