Where does “boil” come from?

Boil comes from Middle English bile, from Old French boillir, from Latin bullio, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- meaning to swell or bubble.

boil (English): A localized accumulation of pus in the skin,...

Definitions

  1. A localized accumulation of pus in the skin,...

Ancestry of “boil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbile
2Old Englishbȳlboil
3Proto-Germanicbūlōboil; sore
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

Words derived from “boil

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-
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