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Where does “boiel” come from?

boiel (Old French) comes from Latin botellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

boiel (Old French): bowel

Definitions

  1. bowel

Ancestry of “boiel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbotellusa small sausage
2Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Italic-elos—
4Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “boiel”

  • bowel
  • disembowel
  • disembowelment
  • boyau
  • bowelless
  • embowel
  • unbowel
  • disemboweller
  • nonbowel
  • disbowel
  • boyau
  • bouel
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