Where does “bullous” come from?
Bullous comes from Latin bullōsus, formed from bulla, a blister or bubble, with the suffix -ōsus meaning full of or characterized by, tracing back through Proto-Italic to Proto-Indo-European bew-.
bullous (English): Of, pertaining to or characterized by bullae
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to or characterized by bullae
Ancestry of “bullous”, step by step
bullous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ous | plural of ou |
| 2 | English | ou | A probably extinct species of Hawaiian... |
| 3 | Afrikaans | ou | An old fellow, guy, bloke; attributive form of... |
| 4 | Dutch | oud | old |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | out | old |
| 6 | Old Dutch | ald | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |