Where does “boot” come from?

boot (English) comes from French botte, from Italian botta, from Italian bottare, from French bouter, from Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter, from Frankish bautan, from Proto-West Germanic bautan — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

boot (English): A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg; A blow...

Definitions

  1. A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg; A blow...

Ancestry of “boot”, step by step

boot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French botte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbotteboot; something resembling a boot; oppression
2Italianbottablow, hit, shock, knock, attack
3Italianbottare—
4Frenchbouterto push; to remove flesh from the skin of an...
5Middle Frenchbouterto pull
6Old Frenchbouterto strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter
7Frankishbautanto push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,...
8Proto-West Germanicbautanto beat
9Proto-Germanicbautanąto beat, push
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewd-to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

via Middle English boote

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishbooteAlternative form of bote; Alternative form of bot
2Old Englishbōthelp, relief, advantage, remedy; compensation for...
3Proto-Turkicbotu—
4Spanishvotovote; vow
5Latinvōtumpromise, dedication, vow, solemn pledge
6Latinvotusvowed, promised; devoted to (a deity); having been vowed
7Latinvoverethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
8LatinvoveoI vow, promise; I dedicate or devote to a deity;...
9Proto-ItalicwogʷeōI vow, promise; dedicate or devote to a deity; I...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁wegʷʰ-to promise, to vow; to praise

Words derived from “boot”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bautaną →