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Where does “bouillon” come from?

bouillon (French) comes from French bouillir, from Middle French bouillir, from Old French boillir, from Old French bolir, from Latin bulliō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

bouillon (French): broth; bubble rising from a boiling liquid; gulp...

Definitions

  1. broth; bubble rising from a boiling liquid; gulp...

Ancestry of “bouillon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbouillirto boil; to seethe
2Middle Frenchbouillirto boil
3Old Frenchboilliralternative infinitive of bolir; to boil, burst
4Old Frenchbolirto boil
5Latinbulliō—
6Latin-iō—
7Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “bouillon”

  • bouillon
  • buglione
  • бульон
  • bouillonnement
  • bouillonner
  • Bouillon
  • buljono
  • bouillon
  • bujon
  • бујон
  • Bouillon
  • buyon
  • buyon
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