English
fool rack
Fool rack comes from Hindi फूल ‘flower’, and goes back to Sanskrit फुल्ल.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEफुल्ल‘a full-blown flower’
- Sauraseni Prakritmodern𑀨𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮
- Hindic. 1500–presentफूलphūl‘flower’
- Englishtodayfool rack
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEफुल्ल‘a full-blown flower’
- Sauraseni Prakritmodern𑀨𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮
- Hindic. 1500–presentफूलphūl‘flower’
- Englishtodayfool rack
The story
From Hindi फूल (phūl, “flower”) and rack (‘arak, a kind of liquor’), influenced by fool.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘bloom, flower’
full, blood, blow, flower, blade, bless, bloom, bleed, blossom, floral, foil, flourish, flora, ferret, florist, fleur, folly, flor, folio, belladonna, folic, exfoliate, 56 more
Today it means
noun A strong alcoholic drink made from distilled toddy or sura.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit फुल्ल / fool rack