bullio

Latin

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to bubble
  2. to boil

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

(Note: some terms may derive from a Vulgar Latin variant *bullĕre)

  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: bodhire, boddire, bodhiri, buddire, budhire, vudhire
  • Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Friulian: bulî
    • Romansch: buglir, bugleir
  • Gallo-Italic:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Vulgar Latin: *bullicāre (see there for further descendants)

References

  • 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 (2001–2025) “boil”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.