Morpheme
Fool
Type
free base
Denotation
silly person, person with poor judgment or little intelligence, blacksmith bellows, bag
Etymology
Middle English fole; Old French fol; Latin follis
Evidence
archfool, befool, damnfool, fool, foolability, foolable, fooldom, fooled, fooler, foolery, fooless, foolhardy, foolhood, foolify, fooling, foolish, foolish, foolishly, foolishness, foollike, foolocracy, foolometer, foolproof, fools, foolship, foolsome, misfool, outfool, superfool, tomfool, tomfoolery, unfooled
Notes
“silly person” notion developed from metaphorical extension of windbag or empty-headed person
fool, fals, and follis are doublets
