Where does “butter-ham” come from?

butter-ham (English) comes from Dutch boterham, from Dutch boteram.

butter-ham (English): A slice of buttered bread; One of two strips of...

Definitions

  1. A slice of buttered bread; One of two strips of...

Ancestry of “butter-ham”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchboterhama slice of bread; sandwich
2Dutchboteram—
Every word from Dutch boteram →Every word from Dutch boterham →