Where does “buzzard” come from?

Buzzard comes from Middle English bosart, from Anglo-Norman buisart, from Old French buison, from Latin buteo, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH-.

buzzard (English): Any of several Old World birds of prey of the...

Definitions

  1. Any of several Old World birds of prey of the...

Ancestry of “buzzard”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbosart—
2Anglo-Normanbuisart—
3Old Frenchbusart—
4Old Frenchbuisonbush
5Old Frenchboiswoodland; woods
6Frankishbuskbush; bush, thicket
7Proto-Germanicbuskazbush; thicket
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear

Words derived from “buzzard”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic buskaz →Every word from Frankish busk →