Boloyne

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French Boloigne, Bouloigne, from Late Latin Bolōnia, variant of earlier Bonōnia. For the phonological development, see caroyne (“corpse, carrion”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈlui̯n(ə)/
  • (with reduction) IPA(key): /ˈbulæi̯n(ə)/, /ˈbulɛn(ə)/, /ˈbulin(ə)/

Proper noun

Boloyne

  1. Boulogne-sur-Mer (a city in northern France)
  2. a surname from the place name, equivalent to English Boleyn

Descendants

  • English: Boulogne (pronunciation remodelled after modern French); Boleyn
  • → Middle Welsh: Bwlwyn

References

  1. ^ Dobson, E. J. (1957) English pronunciation 1500-1700‎[1], second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 272, page 840.
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