Where does “bouillon” come from?
bouillon (Dutch) comes from French bouillon, from French bouillir, from Middle French bouillir, from Old French boillir, from Old French bolir, from Latin bulliō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō — he, she.
bouillon (Dutch): stock, broth; bullion, fringe of gold or silver...
Definitions
- stock, broth; bullion, fringe of gold or silver...
Ancestry of “bouillon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | bouillon | broth; bubble rising from a boiling liquid; gulp... |
| 2 | French | bouillir | to boil; to seethe |
| 3 | Middle French | bouillir | to boil |
| 4 | Old French | boillir | alternative infinitive of bolir; to boil, burst |
| 5 | Old French | bolir | to boil |
| 6 | Latin | bulliō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |