Where does “boudiner” come from?
boudiner (French) comes from French boudin, from Middle French boudin, from Old French boudin, from Latin botellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
boudiner (French): to contort into the shape of a sausage
Definitions
- to contort into the shape of a sausage
Ancestry of “boudiner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | boudin | blood sausage, black pudding; tube, ring; fatty,... |
| 2 | Middle French | boudin | — |
| 3 | Old French | boudin | blood sausage, black pudding |
| 4 | Latin | botellus | a small sausage |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |