Where does “boulet” come from?
boulet (French) comes from Middle French boulet, from Middle French boule, from Old French bole, from Latin bulla, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
boulet (French): cannonball; ball and chain; fetlock
Definitions
- cannonball; ball and chain; fetlock
Ancestry of “boulet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | boulet | A spherical metal projectile used in artillery.... |
| 2 | Middle French | boule | ball |
| 3 | Old French | bole | knob; fraud, deceit, trickery |
| 4 | Latin | bulla | a bubble; a swollen or bubble-shaped object,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |