"body or trunk of a tree," early 14c., from Old Norse bolr "tree trunk," from Proto-Germanic *bulas (source also of Middle Dutch bolle "trunk of a tree"), from PIE root *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell."
Boise
boisterous
bok choy
bold
bold-face
bole
bolero
Bolivia
boll
bollard
bollix
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