Where does “booklegger” come from?
booklegger (English) comes from English bootlegger, from English bootleg, from English boot, from French botte, from Italian botta, from Italian bottare, from French bouter, from Middle French bouter — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
booklegger (English): An illicit publisher or distributor of banned...
Definitions
- An illicit publisher or distributor of banned...
Ancestry of “booklegger”, step by step
booklegger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bootlegger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bootlegger | An illegal trader of goods, especially of alcohol |
| 2 | English | bootleg | To make, transport and/or sell illegal alcoholic... |
| 3 | English | boot | A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg; A blow... |
| 4 | French | botte | boot; something resembling a boot; oppression |
| 5 | Italian | botta | blow, hit, shock, knock, attack |
| 6 | Italian | bottare | — |
| 7 | French | bouter | to push; to remove flesh from the skin of an... |
| 8 | Middle French | bouter | to pull |
| 9 | Old French | bouter | to strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter |
| 10 | Frankish | bautan | to push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,... |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |
via English Book
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Book | the Bible |
| 2 | German | būch | book collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication |
| 3 | Middle High German | buoch | — |
| 4 | Old High German | buoh | book |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bōk | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |