bold
English
/bəʊld/, /boʊld/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) A dwelling; habitation; building.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English bold derived from Old English bold (mansion, abode, castle, dwelling-place, house, temple, dwelling, hall) derived from Proto-Germanic *budlą derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (hit, grow, swell, become, strike, appear, wax, be, beat, bulge, inflate, blow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰew-
Gloss
hit, grow, swell, become, strike, appear, wax, be, beat, bulge, inflate, blow
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- baud English
- bolden English
- boldface English
- boldfaced English
- boldhead English
- boldly English
- boldness English
- boldship English
- demibold English
- extrabold English
- face English
- faced English
- nonbold English
- overbold English
- overboldly English
- overboldness English
- semibold English
- superbold English
- ultrabold English
- unbold English
- battuere Latin
- futuere Latin
- futuo Latin
- fūstis Latin
- ēbullientem Latin
- bald German
- baldamente Italian
- baldanza Italian
- baldo Italian
- boud Dutch, Flemish
- boudeling Dutch, Flemish
- baud French
- *bed- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésmi Proto-Indo-European
- *baumaz Proto-Germanic
- *baumaz, *bagmaz Proto-Germanic
- *bausuz Proto-Germanic
- *bauþaz Proto-Germanic
- *beuną Proto-Germanic
- *biumi Proto-Germanic
- *buddǭ Proto-Germanic
- *budlą Proto-Germanic
- *ga- Proto-Germanic
- *paddǭ Proto-Germanic
- *wesaną Proto-Germanic
- ボー Japanese
- bald Old English
- bold Old English
- bolt-tun Old English
- byldan Old English
- bemen Middle English
- bold Middle English
- boldely Middle English
- boldhede Middle English
- boldnesse Middle English
- boldshipe Middle English
- overbold Middle English
- unbolde Middle English
- bald Old French
- baldaŭ Esperanto
- bold Cebuano
- nagbold Cebuano
- bout Middle Dutch
- balde Middle High German
- bal Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *bōþl gmw-pro
- *bussus Proto-Celtic
- bauld Scots
- *bajā Proto-Albanian
- bald Novial