Where does “Bushlicker” come from?
Bushlicker (English) comes from English bootlicker, from English boot, from French botte, from Italian botta, from Italian bottare, from French bouter, from Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
Bushlicker (English): A person who acted or spoke sycophantically towards the authority of former U.S. president George W. Bush
Definitions
- A person who acted or spoke sycophantically towards the authority of former U.S. president George W. Bush
Ancestry of “Bushlicker”, step by step
Bushlicker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bootlicker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bootlicker | A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious... |
| 2 | English | boot | A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg; A blow... |
| 3 | French | botte | boot; something resembling a boot; oppression |
| 4 | Italian | botta | blow, hit, shock, knock, attack |
| 5 | Italian | bottare | — |
| 6 | French | bouter | to push; to remove flesh from the skin of an... |
| 7 | Middle French | bouter | to pull |
| 8 | Old French | bouter | to strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter |
| 9 | Frankish | bautan | to push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,... |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |