Where does “billowy” come from?
Billowy derives from English billow with the suffix -y, from Middle English -y, from Middle French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ivus, from Latin -ia, from Proto-Indo-European -kos.
billowy (English): swelling or swollen into large waves; full of...
Definitions
- swelling or swollen into large waves; full of...
Ancestry of “billowy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | billow | A large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of... |
| 2 | Middle English | bilwe | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | bylgja | wave, billow |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bulgijō | wave, billow |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵʰ- | to swell |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
Words derived from “billowy”