Where does “Boulanger” come from?

Boulanger (French) comes from Middle French boulanger, from Old French boulanger, from Frankish bollā, from Proto-Germanic bullǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Boulanger (French): baker (who bakes bread; contrast pâtissier)

Definitions

  1. baker (who bakes bread; contrast pâtissier)

Ancestry of “Boulanger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchboulanger—
2Old Frenchboulangerto bake bread
3Frankishbollābun; ball, bun, bowl, cup; ball
4Proto-Germanicbullǭround object, ball; round vessel, bowl
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “Boulanger”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bullǭ →