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Where does “bokeler” come from?

bokeler (Middle English) comes from Old French bocler, from Vulgar Latin buccularius, from Latin buccula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “bokeler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbocler—
2Vulgar Latinbucculariusbossed
3Latinbucculalittle cheek or mouth; the beaver, part of a...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “bokeler”

  • buckler
  • swashbuckler
  • swashbuckle
  • rushbuckler
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