Where does “brûle-gueule” come from?

brûle-gueule (French) comes from French brûler, from Middle French brusler, from Old French brusler, from Old French bruller, from Old French usler, from Latin ustulāre, from Latin uro, from Proto-Italic ouzō — to burn.

brûle-gueule (French): a small tobacco pipe

Definitions

  1. a small tobacco pipe

Ancestry of “brûle-gueule”, step by step

brûle-gueule traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French brûler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbrûlerto burn; to burn oneself
2Middle Frenchbruslerto burn
3Old Frenchbruslerto burn
4Old Frenchbrullerto broil, roast, char; to burn
5Old Frenchuslerto scorch
6Latinustulāre—
7LatinuroI burn, consume, inflame; to rage, to ravage
8Proto-Italicouzō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ews-to burn

via French gueule

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgueulesnout, face; mug; mouth
2Old Frenchgoulemouth
3Latingulagullet, throat, palate; gluttony, greediness;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷel-throat; to swallow; throat; to dribble; gush...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankel-to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ews- →