Where does “bulla” come from?
bulla (French) comes from French buller, from French bulle, from Middle French bulle, from Old French bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla, from Latin bulla, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
bulla (French): third-person singular past historic of buller
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of buller
Ancestry of “bulla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | buller | to bubble |
| 2 | French | bulle | bubble; speech bubble, thought bubble;... |
| 3 | Middle French | bulle | bulla; seal; bull; a letter sealed with a bull |
| 4 | Old French | bulle | seal; a letter sealed with a bull |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | bulla | seal; sealed document; seal capsule; seal",... |
| 6 | Latin | bulla | a bubble; a swollen or bubble-shaped object,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |