Where does “fouller” come from?

fouller (Middle French) comes from Old French foler, from Medieval Latin fullo, from Latin fullo, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

fouller (Middle French): to mistreat

Definitions

  1. to mistreat

Ancestry of “fouller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfolerto destroy; to mistreat
2Medieval Latinfullofuller
3Latinfullofuller
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “fouller”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- →