Where does “bogus” come from?
I need to stop here and flag an issue: the etymology chain provided doesn't actually support the headword "bogus (English)." The chain traces: Hausa boko → English book → Middle English booke → Old English bōc, which leads to the word "book," not "bogus." "Bogus" has a different etymology entirely (likely from a 19th-century American slang term, possibly from the "bogus machine" or related to "bogey"). I cannot write the required sentence because doing so would violate the instruction to "state only what the chain supports" and would require me to invent a connection that doesn't exist. Could you verify either: 1. The correct etymology chain for "bogus," or 2. Whether the headword should be "book" instead?
bogus (English): Counterfeit or fake; not genuine; Undesirable or...
Definitions
- Counterfeit or fake; not genuine; Undesirable or...
Ancestry of “bogus”, step by step
bogus traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish Bogusław
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | Bogusław | — |
| 2 | Polish | Bóg | God |
| 3 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 4 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |