Where does “bushy” come from?
Bushy derives from English bush, from Dutch bosch and bos, from Latin -ia and -ivus, from Frankish busk, from Proto-Indo-European -kos.
bushy (English): Like a bush in having many widely spread...
Definitions
- Like a bush in having many widely spread...
Ancestry of “bushy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Bush | A place name |
| 2 | Middle English | bush | grove, wood; thicket, underbrush; bush; branch of... |
| 3 | Old English | busċ | — |
| 4 | Latin | bosca | firewood |
| 5 | Late Latin | busca | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | busk | bush, thicket |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | buskaz | bush; thicket |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |
Words derived from “bushy”