English
ebullient
Ebullient comes from Latin ēbulliēns ‘boiling’, from ēbulliō ‘to boil’, and ultimately from bulla ‘bubble’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbulla‘bubble’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEbulliō‘to bubble up’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēbulliō‘to boil’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēbulliēns‘boiling’present participle of ēbulliō
- Englishearliest quotation 1726ebullient
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbulla‘bubble’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEbulliō‘to bubble up’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēbulliō‘to boil’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēbulliēns‘boiling’present participle of ēbulliō
- Englishearliest quotation 1726ebullient
Earliest quotation: 1726, Jonathan Swift, A Further Account of the Academy. […]: “It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to sound’
ball, bell, bold, flame, bald, blaze, bale, blush, blur, bleach, blizzard, bolster, sabha, blemish, phlegm, phlox, phallus, blain, blithe, bleat, bolas, buller, 71 more
through Latin bulla ‘bubble’
bill, bowl, bull, bola, bolero, bouillon, 14 more
through Latin bulliō ‘to bubble up’
Today it means
adj Enthusiastic; high-spirited.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin bulla / ebullient