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BoleEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 博樂 /博乐 (Bólè).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗BoleEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Uncertain. Theories include derivation from Akan bɔro (bōro, “sweet”), Nuer bɛɛl (bōl, “grape”), and Gonja bɔl (bōl, “submission”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗BoleEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From earlier Bolle, ultimately from either the dative singular bolde or dative plural boldum of bold (“house”); the latter is perhaps suggested by its attestation in the Domesday Book as Medieval Latin Bolun.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗boleEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English bole, from Old Norse bolr, akin to Danish bul and German Bohle (“plank”). See also bulwark (“defensive wall”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗boleEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Ancient Greek βῶλος (bôlos, “clod or lump of earth”): compare French bol. Doublet of bolus.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- BoleEnglish · e-37683-3151
Bole, bōl, n. the round stem or body of a tree. [Scand. bolr; Ger. bohle, a plank.]
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Bole, bōl, n. an earthy mineral resembling clay in structure, and consisting essentially of silica, alumina, red oxide of iron, and water; the bole of Lemnos, Lemnian Earth, is red in colour, and was once used as a tonic
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Bole, bōl, n. a recess in a wall: an opening to admit light and air. [Scot.; origin unknown.]
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Was Gaulish -rīx an attested freestanding word?
No freestanding token is established by the reviewed evidence. Cambridge calls it an onomastic element and Bolelli and Campanile call it the second member of compound personal names. The form is attested through those hosts, while Proto-Celtic *rīx-s is reconstructed.
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