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Where does “bolina” come from?

bolina (Italian) comes from French bouline, from English bowline, from Middle English bouline, from Middle Low German bōlīne.

bolina (Italian): bowline

Definitions

  1. bowline

Ancestry of “bolina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchboulinebowline
2Englishbowlinea knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in...
3Middle Englishbouline—
4Middle Low Germanbōlīne—
Every word from Middle Low German bōlīne →