Where does “booty” come from?
I can't write this etymology summary because the chain provided appears to be corrupted or circular—it repeats "English bootleg | English leg" multiple times and doesn't form a coherent etymological progression to "booty." To write an accurate one-sentence origin summary, I would need: - A clear, non-repeating chain of languages/forms - The original form and meaning at the oldest stage - Logical semantic development connecting each step to the next Could you provide a corrected etymological chain for "booty"?
booty (English): A form of prize which, when a ship was captured...
Definitions
- A form of prize which, when a ship was captured...
Ancestry of “booty”, step by step
booty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English boot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | boot | A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg; A blow... |
| 2 | French | botte | boot; something resembling a boot; oppression |
| 3 | Italian | botta | blow, hit, shock, knock, attack |
| 4 | Italian | bottare | — |
| 5 | French | bouter | to push; to remove flesh from the skin of an... |
| 6 | Middle French | bouter | to pull |
| 7 | Old French | bouter | to strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter |
| 8 | Frankish | bautan | to push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,... |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |
via Middle English buty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | buty | — |
| 2 | Old French | butin | spoils, plunder, booty; allotment |
| 3 | Middle Low German | bûte | exchange, barter |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | buute | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | būti | exchange, barter |
| 6 | Frankish | būti | exchange; allotment; spoils; exchange, barter;... |
| 7 | Gaulish | boudi | victory, advantage, profit |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | boudi | profit, gain; victory |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰówdʰi | victory |