English
folktune
From folk + tune.
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
Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘stretch’
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Ancient Greek τόνος ‘a tone’
Latin tonus ‘the pitch, sound or tone of something’
Old French ton
Middle English tune
English tune
Today it means
noun A folk song, not including any words.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / folktune