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
Ancestry of “bushily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | bushy | Like a bush in having many widely spread... |
| 2 | English | Bush | — |
| 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 |