fuior

Romanian

Alternative forms
  • fuioară (Moldova)

Etymology

Probably from the variant fuioară, from Vulgar Latin root *foliola, from Latin folium, or alternatively from *folliōlus, from follis, or *funiolus, from funiculus.[1] Compare Aromanian fuljor, compare also Albanian fjollë.

Noun

fuior n (plural fuioare)

  1. hemp or flax bundle
  2. tow (untwisted bundle of fibers)

See also

References
  1. Romanian Explanatory Dictionary http://dexonline.ro/definitie/fuior
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