Where does “bustiness” come from?

bustiness (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.

bustiness (English): The condition or state of being busty

Definitions

  1. The condition or state of being busty

Ancestry of “bustiness”, step by step

bustiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English busty

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

via English Ness

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNessAn Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa
2Middle Englishnesse
3Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
4Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ews-