Where does “bulldozer” come from?
Bulldozer comes from English bulldose, formed from English bull and English dose, ultimately tracing to Latin -arius and Latin -are verbal and agentival suffixes through Old French -er.
bulldozer (English): A tractor with an attached blade for pushing...
Definitions
- A tractor with an attached blade for pushing...
Ancestry of “bulldozer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | bulldoze | To destroy with a bulldozer; To push someone over... |
| 2 | English | bulldose | — |
Words derived from “bulldozer”