Etymology

garboil

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Old French garbouil ← Latin bullire
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  1. Latin · derived frombullire“to boil”
  2. Old French · derived fromgarbouil
  3. English todaygarboil

From Old French garbouil, connected with Latin bullire (“to boil”).

Words from the same roots

Latinbullire all →

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