-fold

Meaning

1. Used to make adjectives meaning times.
2. Used to make adverbs meaning times.

Synonyms

times

fold

-ply

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -fold

Inherited from Old English: -feald

Cognate with Dutch: -voud

Cognate with Swedish: -faldig

Cognate with Latin: -plus

Cognate with Ancient Greek: -παλτος

In summary

From Middle English -fold, -fald, -fauld, from Old English -feald (“-fold”), from Proto-Germanic *-falþaz (“-fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *-poltos (“-fold”), from *pel- (“to fold”). Cognate with Dutch -voud, Swedish -faldig (“-fold”), Latin -plus, -plex, Ancient Greek -παλτος (-paltos), -πλος (-plos), -πλόος (-plóos). More at fold.