Where does “buttlegger” come from?
buttlegger (English) comes from English bootlegger, from English bootleg, from English boot, from French botte, from Italian botta, from Italian bottare, from French bouter, from Middle French bouter — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
buttlegger (English): One who smuggles cigarettes
Definitions
- One who smuggles cigarettes
Ancestry of “buttlegger”, step by step
buttlegger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bootlegger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bootlegger | An illegal trader of goods, especially of alcohol |
| 2 | English | bootleg | To make, transport and/or sell illegal alcoholic... |
| 3 | English | boot | A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg; A blow... |
| 4 | French | botte | boot; something resembling a boot; oppression |
| 5 | Italian | botta | blow, hit, shock, knock, attack |
| 6 | Italian | bottare | — |
| 7 | French | bouter | to push; to remove flesh from the skin of an... |
| 8 | Middle French | bouter | to pull |
| 9 | Old French | bouter | to strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter |
| 10 | Frankish | bautan | to push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,... |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |
via English butt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | butt | The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt... |
| 2 | English | putt | The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a... |
| 3 | Scots | putt | to put |
| 4 | Middle English | putten | to push, shove, put |
| 5 | Old English | pūtian | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | putōną | to stick, stab, poke; to push |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bud- | to shoot, sprout; to swell |