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Where does “bolos” come from?

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

bolos (Esperanto): future of boli

Definitions

  1. future of boli

Ancestry of “bolos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantobolito boil
2Italianbollireto boil, brew
3Latinbullīre—
4Latinbullaa bubble; a swollen or bubble-shaped object,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →