Folkloric
/ˌfoʊkˈlɔːrɪk/noun
Relating to folklore or traditional beliefs, stories, customs, and practices.
Did you know?Although the word itself is modern, it points back to an older idea: that a community’s stories, rituals, and sayings preserve a kind of living magic passed mouth-to-mouth.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leǵ-
“to gather, collect, pick out; later to gather words or knowledge”
Old English
OE
lār
“teaching, doctrine, instruction”
Old English
OE
folc
“people, tribe, nation”
19th Century
English
folklore
“traditional beliefs, stories, and customs of a people”
19th Century
English
folkloric
“relating to folklore”