bol

bowl; luck

“bol de porcelaine” — porcelain bowl

First attested in the 18th century. Borrowed from English bowl. For the semantic development of etymology 1 sense 2 compare pot (“jar; (colloquial) luck”). Possibly a doublet of boule.

bolus

Inherited from Middle French bol, from Old French bol, borrowed from Late Latin bōlus (“clod of earth, lump”), from Ancient Greek βῶλος (bôlos, “clod, lump”).