Where does “bushman” come from?

Bushman derives from English bush and man, with bush from Dutch bos, Latin bosca, Latin buxus, Frankish busk, Ancient Greek πύξος, and Proto-Indo-European bʰuH-.

bushman (English): A man who lives in or has extensive experience of...

Definitions

  1. A man who lives in or has extensive experience of...

Ancestry of “bushman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbushA woody plant distinguished from a tree by its...
2Middle Englishbusshebush
3Old Englishbusc—
4Latinboscafirewood
5Late Latinbusca—
6Proto-West Germanicbuskbush, thicket
7Proto-Germanicbuskazbush; thicket
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear
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