Where does “soulboy” come from?
soulboy (English) comes from English soul, from Middle English soule, from Middle English sowel, from Old English sufel, from English soufflé, from French soufflé, from French souffler, from Old French sofler.
soulboy (English): An adherent of any of a variety of British...
Definitions
- An adherent of any of a variety of British...
Ancestry of “soulboy”, step by step
soulboy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English soul
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | soul | The spirit or essence of a person usually thought... |
| 2 | Middle English | soule | A soul or spirit; an animating force |
| 3 | Middle English | sowel | Food, especially that served with bread as a side or condiment; sowl |
| 4 | Old English | sufel | anything eaten with bread, e.g. meat, vegetables,... |
| 5 | English | soufflé | A baked dish made from beaten egg whites and... |
| 6 | French | soufflé | soufflé; past participle of souffler |
| 7 | French | souffler | to blow; to blow out; to whisper |
| 8 | Old French | sofler | — |
| 9 | Latin | sufflō | to blow, puff up, inflate |
| 10 | Latin | flō | to breathe, blow |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English boy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | boy | A young male; A male child: a son of any age; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | boye | servant, commoner, knave, boy |
| 3 | Old English | bōia | boy |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bōjô | younger brother, young male relation |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bō- | A stem meaning "father, brother, close male... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰā- | to say |