Where does “bushing” come from?

bushing (English) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

bushing (English): A type of bearing, a cylindrical lining designed...

Definitions

  1. A type of bearing, a cylindrical lining designed...

Ancestry of “bushing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBushA place name
2Middle Englishbushgrove, wood; thicket, underbrush; bush; branch of...
3Old Englishbusċ—
4Latinboscafirewood
5Late Latinbusca—
6Proto-West Germanicbuskbush, thicket
7Proto-Germanicbuskazbush; thicket
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear
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