Where does “boule” come from?
boule (French) comes from Middle French boule, from Old French bole, from Latin bulla, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
boule (French): ball, globe; bowl; scoop
Ancestry of “boule”, step by step
boule traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French boule
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | boule | ball |
| 2 | Old French | bole | knob; fraud, deceit, trickery |
| 3 | Latin | bulla | a bubble; a swollen or bubble-shaped object,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Romani bul
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romani | bul | buttocks |
| 2 | Sanskrit | बुलि | — |
Words derived from “boule”