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Where does “bouillonner” come from?

bouillonner (French) comes from French bouillon, 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 — he, she.

bouillonner (French): to bubble; to froth

Definitions

  1. to bubble; to froth

Ancestry of “bouillonner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbouillonbroth; bubble rising from a boiling liquid; gulp...
2Frenchbouillirto boil; to seethe
3Middle Frenchbouillirto boil
4Old Frenchboilliralternative infinitive of bolir; to boil, burst
5Old Frenchbolirto boil
6Latinbulliō—
7Latin-iō—
8Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
11Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “bouillonner”

  • bouillonnement
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