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Where does “boucler” come from?

boucler (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin buccularius, from Latin buccula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “boucler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinbucculariusbossed
2Latinbucculalittle cheek or mouth; the beaver, part of a...
3Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
4Proto-Italic-olos—
5Proto-Italic-elos—
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “boucler”

  • buckler
  • swashbuckler
  • swashbuckle
  • rushbuckler
  • bukler
  • bokeleer
  • bokler
  • bokeler
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