Where does “bouillir” come from?
bouillir (Middle French) comes from Old French boillir, from Old French bolir, from Latin bulliō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
bouillir (Middle French): to boil
Definitions
- to boil
Ancestry of “bouillir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | boillir | alternative infinitive of bolir; to boil, burst |
| 2 | Old French | bolir | to boil |
| 3 | Latin | bulliō | to bubble |
| 4 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |