English
bubble
Partly imitative, also influenced by burble.
first attested The word was first used in its economic sense in association with the collapse of the South Sea Company in 1720, based on the metaphor of an inflated soap bubble bursting (as stated in the etymology)
The story
Partly imitative, also influenced by burble. The word was first used in its economic sense in association with the collapse of the South Sea Company in 1720, based on the metaphor of an inflated soap bubble bursting.
Today it means
noun A spherically contained volume of air or other gas in a liquid, commonly a soapy liquid.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / bubble