Where does “bootstrap” come from?

bootstrap (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...

bootstrap (English): A loop sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to...

Definitions

  1. A loop sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to...

Ancestry of “bootstrap”, step by step

bootstrap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English boot

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...

via English strap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstrapA long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth,...
2Englishstropeloop on a harness
3Middle Englishstrope—
4Old Frenchestropestrap, loop on a harness
5Latinstroppusstrap, band, thong; garter; wreath
6Ancient Greekστρόφοςthong; rope; twisted band, cord
7Ancient Greekἄνθοςflower, blossom, bloom; froth, scum; bloom, peak
8Proto-Hellenicántʰosflower, blossom
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éndʰosbloom
10Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “bootstrap”

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