Where does “bouliste” come from?
bouliste (French) comes from French boule, from Middle French boule, from Old French bole, from Latin bulla, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
bouliste (French): bowler
Ancestry of “bouliste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | boule | ball, globe; bowl; scoop |
| 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- | — |