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bouleau.

birch tree

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/bu.lo/
  1. birch tree

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French, derived from Old French boul, bououl + -eau. The former from *betullus, alteration of Latin betulla, diminutive of Gaulish *betua, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-. Compare Italian betulla, Catalan bedoll, Spanish abedul, Portuguese bétula, as well as Galician bídalo and bidueiro.

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