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.

Boteler (English): cognate to the common noun butler

Definitions

  1. cognate to the common noun butler

Ancestry of “Boteler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbotelerbutler
2Old Frenchbutillerbutler
3Old Frenchboteillebottle
4Latinbutticulabottle
5Latinbuttiscask, barrel
6Ancient Greekπυτίνηa flagon, flask
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰeHw-to swell, puff
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeHw-