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Where does “aboutissement” come from?

aboutissement (French) comes from French aboutir, from Old French aboutir, from Old French bouter, from Frankish bautan, from Proto-West Germanic bautan, from Proto-Germanic bautaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

aboutissement (French): The end or conclusion of a process; A result or...

Definitions

  1. The end or conclusion of a process; A result or...

Ancestry of “aboutissement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaboutirto lead to, to end up in, to reach; to lead to,...
2Old Frenchaboutirto endure stubbornly, persist
3Old Frenchbouterto strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter
4Frankishbautanto push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,...
5Proto-West Germanicbautanto beat
6Proto-Germanicbautanąto beat, push
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewd-to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
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