Where does “bosquet” come from?
bosquet (English) comes from English bosket, from French bosquet, from Italian boschetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus.
bosquet (English): Alternative spelling of bosket
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of bosket
Ancestry of “bosquet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | bosket | A small grove or copse of trees, a thicket |
| 2 | French | bosquet | a clump of trees; a grove |
| 3 | Italian | boschetto | copse, grove; shrubbery |
| 4 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 5 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 6 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 7 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 8 | Latin | -ātus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |