Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To cover or wrap with foil. · Clipping of hydrofoil.
A very thin sheet of metal. · A very thin sheet of plastic. · Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food. · A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
From Middle English foyle, from Middle French fueille, from Old French fueille (“plant leaf”), from Late Latin folia, the plural of folium, mistaken as a singular feminine. The literary sense is from the practice of backing a gem with metal foil to make it shine more brilliantly. Doublet of folio and folium, distantly also with phyllo and phyllon.
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