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Where does “butch” come from?

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butch (English): Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or...

Definitions

  1. Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or...

Ancestry of “butch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbutcherA person who prepares and sells meat; A brutal or...
2English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
3Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
4Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
5Latin-āre—
6Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
7Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “butch”

  • butcher
  • butchering
  • butch
  • butcherly
  • Boutcher
  • butchness
  • butchy
  • butcherbird
  • butchershop
  • butcheress
  • butcherous
  • butcherdom
  • butcherer
  • butchly
  • butchphobia
  • butcher's
  • unbutch
  • butcherliness
  • butchers
  • butch
  • बूचड़
  • بوچڑ
  • ubhusha
  • bujabed
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