Where does “boule” come from?

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

boule (Middle French): ball

Definitions

  1. ball

Ancestry of “boule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchboleknob; fraud, deceit, trickery
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 →