Etymology

boiling

boil·ing
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Today it means: The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point. Full definition →

English boil ← Middle English boillen ← Old French boillir
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The story

  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 todayboiling

From boil + -ing.

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