Where does “bulibif” come from?
bulibif (Maltese) comes from English bully beef, from French bouilli, from French bouillir, from Middle French bouillir, from Old French boillir, from Old French bolir, from Latin bulliō, from Latin -iō — he, she.
bulibif (Maltese): corned beef
Definitions
- corned beef
Ancestry of “bulibif”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bully beef | Pickled or canned beef |
| 2 | French | bouilli | past participle of bouillir; boiled |
| 3 | French | bouillir | to boil; to seethe |
| 4 | Middle French | bouillir | to boil |
| 5 | Old French | boillir | alternative infinitive of bolir; to boil, burst |
| 6 | Old French | bolir | to boil |
| 7 | Latin | bulliō | to bubble |
| 8 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |