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
- In a busty manner
Ancestry of “bustily”, step by step
bustily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English busty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | busty | Having large breasts |
| 2 | English | bust | A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and... |
| 3 | French | buste | bust, torso; bust |
| 4 | Italian | busto | tomb, grave; cadaver, corpse; bust |
| 5 | Latin | bustum | A burial mound, tomb; A place for burning funeral... |
| 6 | Latin | urere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | uro | I burn, consume, inflame; to rage, to ravage |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ouzō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ews- | to burn |