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Where does “boue” come from?

boue (French) comes from Gaulish bawa.

boue (French): mud; dirt

Definitions

  1. mud; dirt

Ancestry of “boue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gaulishbawa—

Words derived from “boue”

  • éboueur
  • embouer
  • désembouer
  • désembouage
  • garde-boue
  • boueux
  • ébouer
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