Where does “bold” come from?

bold (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic budlą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

bold (Old English): house, dwelling, building

Definitions

  1. house, dwelling, building

Ancestry of “bold”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbudlą—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Words derived from “bold”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic budlą →