Old English folgere "retainer, servant, disciple; successor," agent noun from follow. Compare similarly formed Old Frisian folgere, Dutch volger, German Folger. Related: Followers.
folkways
folky
follicle
follies
follow
follower
following
follow-through
follow-up
folly
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