Where does “parboiler” come from?
parboiler (English) comes from English parboil, from Old French parbouillir, from Old French parbolir, from Latin perbulliō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille.
parboiler (English): A person or machine that parboils
Definitions
- A person or machine that parboils
Ancestry of “parboiler”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | parboil | To boil food briefly so that it is partly cooked |
| 2 | Old French | parbouillir | Alternative form of parbolir; to boil thoroughly |
| 3 | Old French | parbolir | to boil completely |
| 4 | Latin | perbulliō | — |
| 5 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 6 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 7 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 8 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 9 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |