Where does “bosh” come from?
Bosh comes from Turkish boş, from Ottoman Turkish بوش, from Proto-Turkic boĺ, meaning empty or void.
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Definitions
- Nonsense; 1904, Wells, H G, chapter 1, in The...
Ancestry of “bosh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | boş | empty, unoccupied, free |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بوش | empty, unoccupied, free, vacant |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | boĺ | free; empty |
Words derived from “bosh”