English
henchfolk
From hench + folk.
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
noun henchpeople, henchmen
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / henchfolk