Etymology

Bois Brule

Today it means: A township in Perry County, Missouri, United States. Associated names are Bois Brule Bottom and Bois Brule Creek (Cinque Hommes Creek tributary) Full definition →

French bois
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The story

  1. French · derived frombois“wood”
  2. English todayBois Brule

From French bois (“wood”) + brûle (“burnt”), from the verb brûler.

Words from the same roots

Frenchbois all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.