Where does “bór” come from?

bór (Czech) comes from German bor, from German Borax, from English borax, from Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach, from Arabic بَوْرَق, from Persian بوره.

bór (Czech): boron; genitive plural of bóra

Definitions

  1. boron; genitive plural of bóra

Ancestry of “bór”, step by step

bór traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German bor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanborboron
2GermanBoraxborax
3EnglishboraxA white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a...
4Middle Englishboras—
5Anglo-Normanboreis—
6Medieval Latinbaurachborax
7Arabicبَوْرَق—
8Persianبورهborax; sugar
9Middle Persianbwlk'—

via Proto-Slavic borъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicborъpine tree; set, assembly; loot
2Proto-Balto-Slavicbarús—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰor-to hum, buzz; coniferous forest; to protrude;...

Words derived from “bór”

Every word from Middle Persian bwlk' →Every word from Persian بوره →Every word from Arabic بَوْرَق →