Where does “booty” come from?
booty (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...
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 |