Where does “botchily” come from?
botchily (English) comes from English botchy, from English botch, from Old English botettan, from Old English bōt, from Proto-Turkic botu, from Spanish voto, from Latin vōtum, from Latin votus — to promise, to vow; to praise.
botchily (English): In a botchy manner
Definitions
- In a botchy manner
Ancestry of “botchily”, step by step
botchily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English botchy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | botchy | Full of botches or mistakes; poorly done |
| 2 | English | botch | To perform in an unacceptable or incompetent... |
| 3 | Old English | botettan | to improve |
| 4 | Old English | bōt | help, relief, advantage, remedy; compensation for... |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | botu | — |
| 6 | Spanish | voto | vote; vow |
| 7 | Latin | vōtum | promise, dedication, vow, solemn pledge |
| 8 | Latin | votus | vowed, promised; devoted to (a deity); having been vowed |
| 9 | Latin | vovere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 10 | Latin | voveo | I vow, promise; I dedicate or devote to a deity;... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | wogʷeō | I vow, promise; dedicate or devote to a deity; I... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wegʷʰ- | to promise, to vow; to praise |