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
- The condition or state of being busty
Ancestry of “bustiness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |