Where does “unbuttonable” come from?
unbuttonable (English) comes from English unbutton, from English button, from French bouton, from Italian bottone, from Spanish botón, from Old French boton, from Old French bouter, from Frankish bautan — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
unbuttonable (English): Capable of being unbuttoned; Not capable of being...
Definitions
- Capable of being unbuttoned; Not capable of being...
Ancestry of “unbuttonable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | unbutton | To open by undoing its buttons; To come open by... |
| 2 | English | button | A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or ,... |
| 3 | French | bouton | button; bud; pimple, spot, zit |
| 4 | Italian | bottone | button; bud |
| 5 | Spanish | botón | button; key; bud |
| 6 | Old French | boton | — |
| 7 | Old French | bouter | to strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter |
| 8 | Frankish | bautan | to push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,... |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |