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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: folium 'leaf'

folio

 noun
     
Related topics: Newspapers, Publishing
fo‧li‧o [countable] plural folios technical
1TCN a book made with very large sheets of paper
2TCN a single numbered sheet of paper from a book
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