Where does “bush” come from?

bush (Albanian) comes from Latin buxus, from Ancient Greek πύξος — box tree; boxwood.

bush (Albanian): boxwood; a mythological monster

Definitions

  1. boxwood; a mythological monster

Ancestry of “bush”, step by step

bush traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin buxus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbuxusthe evergreen box tree; a thing made of boxwood
2Ancient Greekπύξοςbox tree; boxwood

via Proto-Indo-European bʰuH-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear

via Proto-Indo-European bʰuH

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuHto grow, become

Words derived from “bush”

Every word from Ancient Greek πύξος →Every word from Latin buxus →