Where does “bosh” come from?

Bosh comes from Turkish boş, from Ottoman Turkish بوش, from Proto-Turkic boĺ, meaning empty or void.

bosh (English): Nonsense; 1904, Wells, H G, chapter 1, in The...

Definitions

  1. Nonsense; 1904, Wells, H G, chapter 1, in The...

Ancestry of “bosh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishboşempty, unoccupied, free
2Ottoman Turkishبوشempty, unoccupied, free, vacant
3Proto-Turkicboĺfree; empty

Words derived from “bosh”

Every word from Proto-Turkic boĺ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بوش →Every word from Turkish boş →