Where does “buckler” come from?
Buckler comes from Middle English bukler, from Old French bocler, from Vulgar Latin buccularius, from Latin buccula with the diminutive suffix -ula, related to Proto-Italic -olos and -elos.
buckler (English): One who buckles something; A kind of shield, of...
Definitions
- One who buckles something; A kind of shield, of...
Ancestry of “buckler”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | bukler | — |
| 2 | Old French | bocler | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | buccularius | bossed |
| 4 | Latin | buccula | little cheek or mouth; the beaver, part of a... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “buckler”