köken: Inherited from Middle French bosse, from Old French boce (“protrusion, outgrowth, lump”), from Frankish *bottja. Compare Occitan bòssa, Italian boccia and bozza; cf. also Romanian bot.
aile: baleine à bosse, rouler sa bosse, bosseur m, bosseuse
a Mughal (member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India from the 16th to the 19th century) · a mogul (rich or powerful businessperson, often within the film or media industry)
From Late Middle High German mugel (“lump, clod”), probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mūgô, from Proto-Indo-European *muk- (“heap”), similar to Ancient Greek μύκων (múkōn, “pile”). Germanic cognates include Old English mūga (“stack”), Old Norse múgi (“swathe, crowd”).