Where does “bushel” come from?

Bushel comes from Old French boissel, from Gaulish bossā, from Medieval Latin bostia, from Gaulish bostyā, from Proto-Celtic bostā, from Proto-Indo-European gʷosto-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷésdos.

bushel (English): A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight...

Definitions

  1. A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight...

Ancestry of “bushel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbusshelbushel volume measure
2Old Frenchboisselbushel
3Old Frenchboissea sixth of a bushel
4Medieval Latinbostiahandful; small box; reliquaire
5Gaulishbostyāhandful
6Proto-Celticbostāpalm, fist
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷosto-—

Words derived from “bushel”

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