Etymology

reboil

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Today it means: To boil again. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bew-der.?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-der.?
  8. Latinbulla
  9. Latinbulliō
  10. Old Frenchboillir
  11. Middle Englishboillen
  12. Englishboil
  13. English todayreboil

From re- + boil.

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