Where does “buttock” come from?

Buttock comes from Middle English buttok, from Old English buttuc, of unknown origin.

buttock (English): Each of the two large fleshy halves of the...

Definitions

  1. Each of the two large fleshy halves of the...

Ancestry of “buttock”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbuttok—
2Old Englishbuttucend, small piece of land; end; end piece”; also,...

Words derived from “buttock”

Every word from Old English buttuc →Every word from Middle English buttok →