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Where does “kickover” come from?

kickover (English) comes from English kick, from English kick the bucket, from English bucket, from Middle English boket, from Anglo-Norman buket, from Old French buc, from Latin buccus, from Frankish bukk — young he-goat.

kickover (English): A gymnastic move in which the gymnast uses a...

Definitions

  1. A gymnastic move in which the gymnast uses a...

Ancestry of “kickover”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkickTo strike or hit with the foot or other extremity...
2Englishkick the bucketTo die; Of a machine, to break down such that it...
3EnglishbucketA container made of rigid material, often with a...
4Middle Englishboket—
5Anglo-Normanbukettub, pail; bucket
6Old Frenchbucabdomen; object with a cavity; trunk, torso;...
7Latinbuccushe-goat
8Frankishbukkmale goat; buck, goat; buck, male goat
9Proto-Germanic*bukkaz—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-buck, he-goat
11Proto-North CaucasianbVχc̣V—
12Proto-North CaucasianbVc̣Vyoung he-goat
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