bola
Catalan
noun
Definitions
- ball
- lie, untruth
Etymology
Derived from Latin bulla (bubble, rounded object, document, amulet, round object, round swelling, water bubble, stud, buble, button, bud, decree, bull, knob) borrowed from Occitan bola.
Origin
Occitan
bola
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bulla English
- bulla Finnish
- *bulbulliare Latin
- bubble, bulla Latin
- bulla Latin
- bullo Latin
- bullō Latin
- bolla Italian
- bollo Italian
- bulletino Italian
- bullettino Italian
- cipolla Italian
- bollo Spanish, Castilian
- bula Spanish, Castilian
- *bew- Proto-Indo-European
- bolha Portuguese
- bula Portuguese
- bulla Polish
- bylet Middle English
- billette Old French
- bole Old French
- bulle Old French
- butlla Catalan, Valencian
- embolar Catalan, Valencian
- bola Galician
- bola Occitan
- *bollā Frankish
- bola Old Occitan
- bóła Venetian