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Where does “boisson” come from?

boisson (French) comes from Late Latin bibitionem, from Latin bibitus, from Latin bibō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

boisson (French): drink

Definitions

  1. drink

Ancestry of “boisson”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinbibitionem—
2Latinbibitusdrunk
3Latinbibō—
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “boisson”

  • bwason
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →