Etymology

bulla

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Today it means: A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as Full definition →

Latin bulla
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed frombulla“bubble”
  2. English todaybulla

Borrowed from Latin bulla (“bubble”). Doublet of bill and bull (“papal bull; bubble”).

Words from the same roots

Latinbulla all →

bowlbullbilletbulliformpapal bull

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