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Where does “bumsters” come from?

bumsters (English) comes from English bum, from German Bummler, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

bumsters (English): Low-cut trousers that reveal the top of the...

Definitions

  1. Low-cut trousers that reveal the top of the...

Ancestry of “bumsters”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbumThe buttocks; The anus; To sodomize; to engage in...
2GermanBummlerstroller; laggard; idler, loafer
3German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
4Old High German-āri—
5Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
6Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
7Latin-ārius—
8Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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