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Where does “brulicare” come from?

brulicare (Italian) comes from Italian bulicare, from Vulgar Latin bullicare, from Latin bulliō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

brulicare (Italian): to swarm, teem

Definitions

  1. to swarm, teem

Ancestry of “brulicare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbulicareto boil; to swarm
2Vulgar Latinbullicareto bubble; seethe; move; stir; present active...
3Latinbulliō—
4Latin-iō—
5Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
8Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “brulicare”

  • brulichio
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