brûler

to burn; to burn oneself; to pass an obstacle, to blow (through or past), to run; to be boiling, to be very close to the answer

“La maison des voisins a brûlé.” — The neighbors' house has burnt down.

Inherited from Middle French brusler, from Old French brusler, bruller (“to burn”), probably an enhanced form of usler (“to scorch”), from Latin ustulāre. Cognate with dialectal Italian brustolare. The initial br- may be compared to Italian bruciare, but the further origin is uncertain. One or more of the following may have contributed: (1) Old French bruir (“to burn”), from Frankish *brōjan (“to scald, sear”); (2) Latin ambūrere, combūrere (“to burn”) and their participles ambustus, combustus;