Fool/Fowl Etymology

Fool

c.1275, from O.Fr. fol “madman, insane person,” also an adj. meaning “mad, insane,” from L. follis “bellows, leather bag,” in V.L. used with a sense of “windbag, empty-headed person” (see follicle). Cf. also Skt. vatula- “insane,” lit. “windy, inflated with wind.”

Fowl

O.E. fugel “bird,” general Gmc. word (cf. Gothic fugls), from P.Gmc. *foglaz (cf. O.N. fugl, M.Du. voghel, Ger. vogel, Goth. fugls), probably by dissimilation from *flug-la-, lit. “flyer,” from the same root as O.E. fleogan, modern fly (v.1). Originally “bird;” narrower sense of “domestic hen or rooster” (the main modern meaning) is first recorded 1580; in U.S. also extended to ducks and geese.


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  1. Big Elk
    Posted April 5, 2008 at 3:55 pm | Permalink

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    For the first time, he does not try to leave them, ignore or forget them, but accepts them. They are, he sees, nothing to fear. They happened, but they are gone now. He, alone, carries them into the present. With that understanding, the memories vanish. Though they remain in his mind, they no longer have any power over him. He is free of them, reborn, and wholly in the present.

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