folio的词源

英文词源

folio: folio: see foil
folio (n.): mid-15c., from Late Latin folio "leaf or sheet of paper," from Latin folio, ablative of folium "leaf," from PIE *bhol-yo- "leaf" (cognates: Greek phyllon "leaf," Gaelic bile "leaflet, blossom"), suffixed form of root *bhel- (3) "to thrive, bloom," which is possibly from *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole). Ablative of location, because this was used in page references. Meaning "volume of the largest size" first attested 1620s.

来自拉丁语folia, 叶子，词源同foliage. 进一步来自PIE*bhel, 鼓起，膨胀，词源同ball, blade. 原用来指生长的叶子，后指叶片，书页。

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一张大纸，只折叠一次装订成册的大型书籍，英语叫folio.这个词是从拉丁词folium来的，意思是“一片树叶”，引伸指“书的一页”继而指整张纸对折的大型书籍。