Where does “sodbuster” come from?
sodbuster (English) comes from English Buster, from German Büste, from French buste, from Italian busto, from Latin bustum, from Latin urere, from Latin uro, from Proto-Italic ouzō — to burn.
sodbuster (English): An agricultural labourer or farmer
Definitions
- An agricultural labourer or farmer
Ancestry of “sodbuster”, step by step
sodbuster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Buster
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Buster | who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing |
| 2 | German | Büste | bust; dummy |
| 3 | French | buste | bust, torso; bust |
| 4 | Italian | busto | tomb, grave; cadaver, corpse; bust |
| 5 | Latin | bustum | A burial mound, tomb; A place for burning funeral... |
| 6 | Latin | urere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | uro | I burn, consume, inflame; to rage, to ravage |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ouzō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ews- | to burn |
via English sod
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sod | That stratum of the surface of the soil which is... |
| 2 | English | sodden | Soaked or drenched with liquid; soggy, saturated;... |
| 3 | Middle English | sodden | — |
| 4 | Old English | soden | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sodan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sudanaz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | seuþaną | to seethe; boil |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂sewt- | to roil; to move about, roil, seethe |