Where does “bost” come from?

bost (English) comes from English bust, from French buste, from Italian busto, from Latin bustum, from Latin urere, from Latin uro, from Proto-Italic ouzō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ews- — to burn.

bost (English): to break

Definitions

  1. to break

Ancestry of “bost”, step by step

bost traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bust

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbustA sculptural portrayal of a person's head and...
2Frenchbustebust, torso; bust
3Italianbustotomb, grave; cadaver, corpse; bust
4LatinbustumA burial mound, tomb; A place for burning funeral...
5Latinureresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6LatinuroI burn, consume, inflame; to rage, to ravage
7Proto-Italicouzō
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ews-to burn

via English burst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishburstTo break from internal pressure; To cause to...
2Middle EnglishbrestenTo burst break from internal pressure
3Old Englishberstanto break, shatter, burst
4Proto-Germanic*brestan
5Proto-Germanicbrestanąto burst, break, sunder, split, crack
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰres‑to burst; break; crack; crackle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ews-
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