The story
- Latin · derived frombulla“bubble”
- Medieval Latin · derived frombulla“a round seal”
- Old French · derived frombulle
- Middle English · inherited frombulle
- English todaypapal bull
From Middle English bulle, from Old French bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla (“a round seal”), from Latin bulla (“bubble”).
Words from the same roots
Medieval Latinbulla all →
billbillet
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.