"persons," Middle English, plural of folk (n.). Colloquial sense of "people of one's family" is from 1715. In Old English in plural use it meant only "peoples, nations."
he wrote to his folks every day
folks around here drink moonshine
folkie
folklore
folkloric
folklorist
folk-music
folks
folksy
folkways
folky
follicle
follies
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