boil
English
/bɔɪl/
noun
Definitions
- A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bile inherited from Old English bȳl inherited from Proto-Germanic *būlijō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*būlijō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aboil English
- boilability English
- boilable English
- boildown English
- boiler English
- boiler suit English
- boilerhouse English
- boilermaker English
- boilerman English
- boilerplate English
- boilersmith English
- boilest English
- boileth English
- boilie English
- boiling English
- boilingly English
- boiloff English
- boilover English
- down English
- emboil English
- glue English
- glue-boiler English
- gum English
- gumboil English
- nonboilable English
- nonboiling English
- off English
- over English
- overboil English
- preboil English
- reboil English
- reboiler English
- unboil English
- underboil English
- upboil English
- wait English
- Beule German
- Beulenpest German
- Eiterbeule German
- Frostbeule German
- beulen German
- verbeulen German
- bojler Hungarian
- boiler Dutch, Flemish
- бойлер Russian
- *būlijō Proto-Germanic
- ボイラー Japanese
- bȳl Old English
- bile Middle English
- boldi Old Norse
- करो Hindi
- biule Middle High German
- 煲 Chinese
- 보일러 Korean
- bori Sranan Tongo
- baabii Fijian
- kerekere Fijian
- lovo Fijian
- boil karo Fiji Hindi
- boldi Middle Norwegian
- off
- gum
- glue
- down
- wait
- over
- aboil
- unboil
- reboil
- upboil
- emboil
- boiler
- boilie
- boileth
- preboil
- gumboil
- boiloff
- boilest
- boiling
- overboil
- boilable
- reboiler
- boilover
- boildown
- underboil
- boilingly
- boilerman
- nonboiling
- nonboilable
- glue-boiler
- boilerplate
- boilersmith
- boilerhouse
- boiler suit
- boilability
- boilermaker