Old French fol

← Latin follis (inherited)

← Latin follem (mention)

→ English fool (derived)

→ English folly (mention)

→ English foolhardy (derived)

→ Danish fjols (derived)

→ Middle English fool (borrowed)

→ Middle English foul (borrowed)

→ Middle English foole (borrowed)

→ Middle English fole (borrowed)

→ Middle English folehardy (derived)

→ Middle English ffoole (borrowed)

→ French fou (inherited)

→ Middle French fol (inherited)

→ Old French afoler (confix)

→ Old French folaige (suffix)

→ Galician fol (derived)

→ Norman fo (inherited)

→ Norman folle (mention)

→ Old Occitan fol (cognate)