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Where does “blackboulage” come from?

blackboulage (French) comes from French blackbouler, from English blackball, from English Ball, from Middle English bal, from Old English beall, from English beal, from Old English hyll, from Albanian hulli — to rise, to be tall; hill.

blackboulage (French): blackballing

Definitions

  1. blackballing

Ancestry of “blackboulage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchblackboulerto blackball
2EnglishblackballA rejection; a vote against admitting someone; A...
3EnglishBallsurname
4Middle EnglishbalA ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,...
5Old Englishbeallball
6EnglishbealA small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather...
7Old Englishhyllhill
8Albanianhullifurrow
9Proto-Germanichullizhill
10Proto-Indo-Europeankl̥Hníshill
11Proto-Indo-EuropeankelH-to rise, to be tall; hill
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