Phrase of the day: Świętosławski ebulliometer

[kleptoquark]

"Świętosławski ebulliometer" is a good phrase. It measures the boiling point of a liquid.

Apparently "ebullient" comes from the Latin term for boiling over ("bubbling out"). I wonder if "bubbly" (to describe someone's personality) has the same etymology?

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[fibonacci_reminder]

Etymonline seems to indicate they unrelated? It says that 'bubbly', through 'bubble', is of unknown origin, though it shares a similar form to Middle Dutch 'bobble' and Middle Low German 'bubbeln', and Etymonline speculates that all are of echoic origin (IE attempting to capture the sound of something bubbling or boiling).

Meanwhile, 'ebullient', as well as 'boil', are thought to descend from Latin 'bullire' to boil or bubble, which is in turn is part of the reconstructed PIE '*beu-' root, which relates to swelling.