Where does “bot” come from?
bot (Dutch) comes from French botte, from Italian botta, from Italian bottare, from French bouter, from Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter, from Frankish bautan, from Proto-West Germanic bautan — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
bot (Dutch): not sharp, blunt, dull; impolite, badly behaving:...
Definitions
- not sharp, blunt, dull; impolite, badly behaving:...
Ancestry of “bot”, step by step
bot traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French botte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | botte | boot; something resembling a boot; oppression |
| 2 | Italian | botta | blow, hit, shock, knock, attack |
| 3 | Italian | bottare | — |
| 4 | French | bouter | to push; to remove flesh from the skin of an... |
| 5 | Middle French | bouter | to pull |
| 6 | Old French | bouter | to strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter |
| 7 | Frankish | bautan | to push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |
via English bot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bot | The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of... |
| 2 | English | bottom | The lowest part of anything; Character,... |
| 3 | Middle English | botme | The lowest section of something; the bottom,... |
| 4 | Old English | botm | bottom; foundation; ground; abyss |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | butmaz | bottom; foundation; ground; abyss |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |