Etymology of the English word boldface
the English word
boldfacederived from the English word
facederived from the Old French word
facederived from the Vulgar Latin word
faciaderived from the Latin word
facies (face; shape, face, look)
derived from the Latin word
facere (to make; act, take action, be active; compose, write; classify; do, make; create; make, build, construct; produce; produce by growth; bring forth)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhē-derived from the English word
boldderived from the English word
baldderived from the English word
balledederived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhel-derived from the English word
ballderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*balluzderived from the English root
*beallderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhel-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*balthazUsage
Word found in Modern English