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Where does “bouger” come from?

bouger (French) comes from Old French bougier, from Vulgar Latin bullicare, from Latin bulliō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

bouger (French): to move

Definitions

  1. to move

Ancestry of “bouger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbougier—
2Vulgar Latinbullicareto bubble; seethe; move; stir; present active...
3Latinbulliō—
4Latin-iō—
5Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
8Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “bouger”

  • bougeotte
  • bougeren
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