foulc

Old French

Alternative forms

folc, fouc, fulc, fouk

Etymology

From Frankish *fulc, *folc (“people, crowd, multitude, troop”), from Proto-Germanic *fulką (“people collectively, multitude; host of warriors”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pelə- (“to fill”). Cognate with Old High German folc (“people, nation”). More at folk, full.

Noun

foulc m (oblique plural fouls, nominative singular fouls, nominative plural foulc)

Descendants

Middle French: foule
- French: foule
Norman: foule (Jersey)
Picard: foûle, foule
Walloon: flouhe

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