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Where does “sackbuttist” come from?

sackbuttist (English) comes from English sackbut, from French sacqueboute, from Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter, from Frankish bautan, from Proto-West Germanic bautan, from Proto-Germanic bautaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewd- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

sackbuttist (English): Someone who plays the sackbut

Definitions

  1. Someone who plays the sackbut

Ancestry of “sackbuttist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsackbutA brass instrument from the Renaissance and...
2Frenchsacqueboute—
3Middle Frenchbouterto pull
4Old Frenchbouterto strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter
5Frankishbautanto push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,...
6Proto-West Germanicbautanto beat
7Proto-Germanicbautanąto beat, push
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewd-to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
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