Where does “cuir-bouilli” come from?
cuir-bouilli (English) comes from French bouilli, from French bouillir, from Middle French bouillir, from Old French boillir, from Old French bolir, from Latin bulliō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō — he, she.
cuir-bouilli (English): Leather moulded into a particular shape and then...
Definitions
- Leather moulded into a particular shape and then...
Ancestry of “cuir-bouilli”, step by step
cuir-bouilli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French bouilli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bouilli | past participle of bouillir; boiled |
| 2 | French | bouillir | to boil; to seethe |
| 3 | Middle French | bouillir | to boil |
| 4 | Old French | boillir | alternative infinitive of bolir; to boil, burst |
| 5 | Old French | bolir | to boil |
| 6 | Latin | bulliō | to bubble |
| 7 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |