Where does “bola” come from?

bola (Portuguese) comes from Old Occitan bola, from Latin bulla, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

bola (Portuguese): ball, sphere, round object; ball; fat person

Definitions

  1. ball, sphere, round object; ball; fat person

Ancestry of “bola”, step by step

bola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Occitan bola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanbola—
2Latinbullaa bubble; a swollen or bubble-shaped object,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Provençal bola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Provençalbola—

Words derived from “bola”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Latin bulla →