Where does “soufflé” come from?
soufflé (Italian) comes from French soufflé, from French souffler, from Old French sofler, from Latin sufflō, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
soufflé (Italian): soufflé
Ancestry of “soufflé”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | soufflé | soufflé; past participle of souffler |
| 2 | French | souffler | to blow; to blow out; to whisper |
| 3 | Old French | sofler | — |
| 4 | Latin | sufflō | — |
| 5 | Latin | flō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |