bullet

bullet · noun, verb¹

1. Old French · derived frombullete
2. Middle English · inherited frombullet“an official tag or badge of registration or identification”
3. English todaybullet

From Middle English bullet (“an official tag or badge of registration or identification”), from Old French bullete, diminutive of boule (“ball”). Later influenced by Middle French boulette and French boulet.

bullet · noun²

From bull + -et.