Where does “bushily” come from?
bushily (English) comes from English bushy, from English Bush, from Middle English bush, from Old English busċ, from Latin bosca, from Late Latin busca, from Proto-West Germanic busk, from Proto-Germanic buskaz — to become, grow, appear.
bushily (English): In a bushy manner
Definitions
- In a bushy manner
Ancestry of “bushily”, step by step
bushily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bushy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bushy | Like a bush in having many widely spread... |
| 2 | English | Bush | A place name |
| 3 | Middle English | bush | grove, wood; thicket, underbrush; bush; branch of... |
| 4 | Old English | busċ | — |
| 5 | Latin | bosca | firewood |
| 6 | Late Latin | busca | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | busk | bush, thicket |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | buskaz | bush; thicket |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |