Where does “buttocks” come from?
Buttocks comes from Middle English buttok, from Old English buttuc, of unknown origin.
buttocks (English): plural of buttock
Ancestry of “buttocks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | buttock | Each of the two large fleshy halves of the... |
| 2 | Middle English | buttok | — |
| 3 | Old English | buttuc | end, small piece of land; end; end piece”; also,... |