Where does “bøssepar” come from?
bøssepar (Danish) comes from Danish par, from English PAR, from Jamaican Creole par, from Jamaican Creole partner, from English partner, from Middle English partener, from English parcener, from Old French parçonier — passed , crossed.
bøssepar (Danish): gay couple (male)
Definitions
- gay couple (male)
Ancestry of “bøssepar”, step by step
bøssepar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish par
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | par | pair; couple; par |
| 2 | English | PAR | Initialism of periodic automatic replenishment:... |
| 3 | Jamaican Creole | par | To associate, to chill, to hang |
| 4 | Jamaican Creole | partner | partner |
| 5 | English | partner | Someone who is associated with another in a... |
| 6 | Middle English | partener | — |
| 7 | English | parcener | A coheir, or one of two or more heirs to an... |
| 8 | Old French | parçonier | coholder; co-owner; coheir; parcener; participant |
| 9 | Old French | parçon | division; separation |
| 10 | Latin | partitionem | accusative singular of partītiō |
| 11 | Latin | partitio | The act of sharing or parting; partition,... |
| 12 | Latin | partīre | — |
| 13 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Danish bøsse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | bøsse | shotgun; gay; castor, caster |
| 2 | Middle Low German | busse | gun |
| 3 | Old Saxon | *buhsa | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *buhsā | — |
| 5 | Latin | buxis | a box |
| 6 | Latin | pyxis | A small box, for holding medicines or toiletries |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πυξίς | box made of boxwood, box; tablet made of boxwood;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πύξος | box tree; boxwood |