Where does “shopbought” come from?
shopbought (English) comes from English bought, from Middle English bought, from Middle English bight, from Old English byht, from Proto-Germanic buhtiz, from Proto-Germanic beuganą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰūgʰ- — to bend.
shopbought (English): purchased from a shop; not homemade
Definitions
- purchased from a shop; not homemade
Ancestry of “shopbought”, step by step
shopbought traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bought
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bought | simple past tense and past participle of buy; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | bought | — |
| 3 | Middle English | bight | — |
| 4 | Old English | byht | bend, angle, corner; bay, bight; a bend |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | buhtiz | bend, curve, arch, angle; corner; a bend in a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | beuganą | to bend, bow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰūgʰ- | to bend |