Etymology of the French word bouledogue
the French word
bouledoguederived from the English word
bulldogderived from the English word
dogderived from the English word
bullderived from the Old Norse word
boliderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhel-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*bulonDate
The earliest known usage of bouledogue in French dates from the 18th century.
Derivations in other languages
Italian
bouledogue, Romanian
buldogCognates
Dutch
buldog, Dutch
bul, English
bull, German
Bulldogge, Icelandic
boli, Icelandic
bulla, Norwegian
bulldogg, Norwegian
bulle, Swedish
bulldogg, Swedish
bulla