Where does “boule” come from?

boule (Middle English) comes from Old French boule, from Latin bulla, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “boule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbouleball
2Latinbullaa bubble; a swollen or bubble-shaped object,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “boule”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Latin bulla →