Where does “botherment” come from?

botherment (English) comes from English bother, from Scots bauther — bother, annoy.

botherment (English): bother; annoyance

Definitions

  1. bother; annoyance

Ancestry of “botherment”, step by step

botherment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bother

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbotherTo annoy, to disturb, to irritate; To feel care...
2Scotsbautherbother, annoy

via English ment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmentsimple past tense and past participle of meng;...
2Korean멘트—
Every word from Scots bauther →Every word from English bother →