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Where does “bot” come from?

bot (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch bot, from French botte, from Italian botta, from Italian bottare, from French bouter, from Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter, from Frankish bautan — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

bot (Afrikaans): flounder

Definitions

  1. flounder

Ancestry of “bot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbotnot sharp, blunt, dull; impolite, badly behaving:...
2Frenchbotteboot; something resembling a boot; oppression
3Italianbottablow, hit, shock, knock, attack
4Italianbottare—
5Frenchbouterto push; to remove flesh from the skin of an...
6Middle Frenchbouterto pull
7Old Frenchbouterto strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter
8Frankishbautanto push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,...
9Proto-West Germanicbautanto beat
10Proto-Germanicbautanąto beat, push
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewd-to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
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