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Where does “boucle” come from?

boucle (English) comes from French boucle, from Old French boucle, from Latin buccula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

boucle (English): A fabric knitted or woven of uneven yarn with a...

Definitions

  1. A fabric knitted or woven of uneven yarn with a...

Ancestry of “boucle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchboucleloop; earring; buckle
2Old Frenchbouclebuckle
3Latinbucculalittle cheek or mouth; the beaver, part of a...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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