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Where does “bodock” come from?

bodock (English) comes from English bois d'arc, from French bois d'arc — bow wood.

bodock (English): The Osage orange

Definitions

  1. The Osage orange

Ancestry of “bodock”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbois d'arcThe osage orange
2Frenchbois d'arcbow wood
Every word from French bois d'arc →