English
folliculus
Folliculus comes from Latin folliculus ‘a small sack’, and goes back to follis.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfollis‘purse, sack’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfolliculus‘a small sack’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfollis‘purse, sack’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfolliculus‘a small sack’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- ‘to swell’
budget, belly, bloc, budge, bolster, bulge, bellows, billow, 14 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰolǵʰ-n-is
through Latin follis ‘purse, sack’
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin follis / folliculus