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Where does “buycott” come from?

buycott (English) comes from English buy, from Middle English byen, from Old English bycġan, from Proto-West Germanic buggjan, from Proto-Germanic bugjaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewgʰ- — to bend; curve, arch.

buycott (English): The opposite of a boycott: deliberately...

Definitions

  1. The opposite of a boycott: deliberately...

Ancestry of “buycott”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbuyTo obtain in exchange for money or goods; To...
2Middle Englishbyen—
3Old Englishbycġanto buy, pay for, acquire, redeem, ransom,...
4Proto-West Germanicbuggjanto buy
5Proto-Germanicbugjanąto deal; do business; exchange; to purchase; buy;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewgʰ-to bend; curve, arch
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