Where does “bowl” come from?
Bowl comes from Middle English bolle, from Old English bolla, from Latin bulla meaning a bubble or rounded swelling, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- meaning to swell.
bowl (English): A roughly hemispherical container used to hold,...
Definitions
- A roughly hemispherical container used to hold,...
Ancestry of “bowl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | bolle | pod; shell |
| 2 | Old English | bolla | bowl |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | bullô | round object; ball; bowl |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ballô | ball |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
Words derived from “bowl”