Where does “butchery” come from?
Butchery derives from English butcher, from English butch, ultimately tracing through repeated Old English and Middle English forms of butcher and butch.
butchery (English): The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a...
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- The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a...
Ancestry of “butchery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | butch | Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or... |
| 2 | English | butcher | A person who prepares and sells meat; A brutal or... |
| 3 | Middle English | bocher | — |
| 4 | Old French | bouchier | butcher |
| 5 | Old French | bouc | goat |
| 6 | Latin | buccus | he-goat |
| 7 | Frankish | bukk | male goat; buck, goat; buck, male goat |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *bukkaz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuǵ- | buck, he-goat |
| 10 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVχc̣V | — |
| 11 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVc̣V | young he-goat |