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Where does “foulure” come from?

foulure (French) comes from French fouler, from Middle French fouller, from Old French foler, from Medieval Latin fullo, from Latin fullo, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

foulure (French): sprain

Definitions

  1. sprain

Ancestry of “foulure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfoulerto stamp, impress, dent; to mill; to walk on,...
2Middle Frenchfoullerto mistreat
3Old Frenchfolerto destroy; to mistreat
4Medieval Latinfullofuller
5Latinfullofuller
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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