Latin

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Etymology

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From the noun bulla (bubble), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (swelling),[1][2] same source as Middle Dutch puyl (bag) and Lithuanian bule (buttocks).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bulliō (present infinitive bullīre, perfect active bullīvī or bulliī, supine bullītum); fourth conjugation

  1. to bubble
  2. to boil

Conjugation

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References

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  • bullio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • bullio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • bullio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 202 & 750
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “boil”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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