Etymology

boiler

boil·er
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Today it means: A person who boils something. Full definition →

English boil ← Middle English boillen ← Old French boillir
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boiler · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bew-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-der.?
  3. Latinbulla
  4. Latinbulliō
  5. Old Frenchboillir
  6. Middle Englishboillen
  7. Englishboil
  8. English todayboiler

From boil + -er.

boiler · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bew-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-der.?
  3. Latinbulla
  4. Latinbulliō
  5. Old Frenchboillir
  6. Middle Englishboillen
  7. Englishboil
  8. Englishboiler
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pléth₂us
  11. Proto-Hellenic*plətús
  12. Ancient Greekπλατύς (platús)
  13. Vulgar Latin*platta
  14. Old Frenchplate
  15. Middle Englishplate
  16. Englishplate
  17. Englishboilerplateclip.
  18. English todayboiler

Clipping of boilerplate.

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