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Where does “boot loader” come from?

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

boot loader (English): A small program that initiates the bootstrap...

Definitions

  1. A small program that initiates the bootstrap...

Ancestry of “boot loader”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbootA heavy shoe that covers part of the leg; A blow...
2Frenchbotteboot; something resembling a boot; oppression
3Italianbottablow, hit, shock, knock, attack
4Italianbottare—
5Frenchbouterto push; to remove flesh from the skin of an...
6Middle Frenchbouterto pull
7Old Frenchbouterto strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter
8Frankishbautanto push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,...
9Proto-West Germanicbautanto beat
10Proto-Germanicbautanąto beat, push
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewd-to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
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