Where does “bushwhacking” come from?
bushwhacking (English) comes from English bushwhack, 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.
bushwhacking (English): travelling through thick wooded country, cutting...
Definitions
- travelling through thick wooded country, cutting...
Ancestry of “bushwhacking”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | bushwhack | to travel through thick wooded country, cutting... |
| 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 |