English
bulliform
Bulliform comes from Latin bulla ‘any swollen round object’, and perhaps goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bew- ‘swelling’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bew-1‘swelling’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbulla2‘any swollen round object’
- Englishtodaybulliform2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin bulla
- 2 Wiktionary, English bulliform
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bew-Wiktionary, Latin bulla‘swelling’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbullaWiktionary, English bulliform‘any swollen round object’
- EnglishtodaybulliformWiktionary, English bulliform
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bew- ‘swelling’
pick, pocket, pose, purse, buckle, pique, pout, billet, picot, pock, 15 more
through Latin bulla ‘any swollen round object’
bill, bowl, boil, bulletin, budge, bola, bolero, bouillon, bulla, ebullient, 12 more
Today it means
adj Having a blistered appearance; bullate.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “bulliform”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin bulla. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bew- / bulliform