Etymology

billowy

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Today it means: Swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows. Full definition →

English billow ← Middle English *bilwe ← Old Norse bylgja
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰelǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*belganą
  3. Proto-Germanic*bulgijō
  4. Old Norsebylgja
  5. Middle English*bilwe
  6. Englishbillow
  7. English todaybillowy

From billow + -y.

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