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Where does “bustily” come from?

bustily (English) comes from English busty, from English bust, from French buste, from Italian busto, from Latin bustum, from Latin urere, from Latin uro, from Proto-Italic ouzō — to burn.

bustily (English): In a busty manner

Definitions

  1. In a busty manner

Ancestry of “bustily”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbustyHaving large breasts
2EnglishbustA sculptural portrayal of a person's head and...
3Frenchbustebust, torso; bust
4Italianbustotomb, grave; cadaver, corpse; bust
5LatinbustumA burial mound, tomb; A place for burning funeral...
6Latinureresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatinuroI burn, consume, inflame; to rage, to ravage
8Proto-Italicouzō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ews-to burn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ews- →