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Where does “Boteler” come from?

Boteler comes from Middle English boteler, from Old French butiller, combining Old French butiller with the agentive suffix -ier derived from Latin -arius, itself from Latin -lus and Old Latin -os, ultimately from Proto-Italic -os.

Ancestry of “Boteler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbotelerbutler
2Old Frenchbutillerbutler
3Old Frenchboteille—
4Latinbutticulabottle
5Latinbuttiscask, barrel
6Ancient Greekπυτίνηa flagon, flask
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰeHw-to swell, puff
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