Where does “boillant” come from?

boillant (Old French) comes from Latin bulliens, 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.

boillant (Old French): present participle of boillir; boiling; very hot

Definitions

  1. present participle of boillir; boiling; very hot

Ancestry of “boillant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbulliensbubbling, boiling
2Latinbulliōto bubble
3Latin-iō—
4Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →
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