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Where does “brainbuster” come from?

brainbuster (English) comes from English Buster, from German Büste, from French buste, from Italian busto, from Latin bustum, from Latin urere, from Latin uro, from Proto-Italic ouzō — to burn.

brainbuster (English): A move in which the wrestler drops the opponent...

Definitions

  1. A move in which the wrestler drops the opponent...

Ancestry of “brainbuster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBuster—
2GermanBüstebust; dummy
3Frenchbustebust, torso; bust
4Italianbustotomb, grave; cadaver, corpse; bust
5LatinbustumA burial mound, tomb; A place for burning funeral...
6Latinureresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatinuroI burn, consume, inflame; to rage, to ravage
8Proto-Italicouzō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ews-to burn
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