Where does “bile” come from?

bile (Middle English) comes from Old English bȳl, from Proto-Germanic būlō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “bile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbȳlboil
2Proto-Germanicbūlōboil; sore
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “bile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic būlō →
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