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Where does “boli” come from?

boli (Esperanto) comes from Italian bollire, from Latin bullīre, from Latin bulla, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

boli (Esperanto): to boil

Definitions

  1. to boil

Ancestry of “boli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbollireto boil, brew
2Latinbullīre—
3Latinbullaa bubble; a swollen or bubble-shaped object,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “boli”

  • boligi
  • bolos
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