suffix forming adjectives and adverbs from cardinal numbers, meaning: 1 in an amount multiplied by (repaid tenfold). 2 consisting of so many parts (threefold blessing). [OE - fald, -feald, rel. to FOLD(1): orig. sense 'folded in so many layers']
-FOLD
Meaning of -FOLD in English
English main colloquial, spoken dictionary. Английский основной разговорный словарь. 2012