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Where does “botte” come from?

botte (French) comes from Italian botta, from Italian bottare, from French bouter, from Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter, from Frankish bautan, from Proto-West Germanic bautan, from Proto-Germanic bautaną — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

botte (French): boot; something resembling a boot; oppression

Definitions

  1. boot; something resembling a boot; oppression

Ancestry of “botte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbottablow, hit, shock, knock, attack
2Italianbottare—
3Frenchbouterto push; to remove flesh from the skin of an...
4Middle Frenchbouterto pull
5Old Frenchbouterto strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter
6Frankishbautanto push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,...
7Proto-West Germanicbautanto beat
8Proto-Germanicbautanąto beat, push
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewd-to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Words derived from “botte”

  • boot
  • bootstrap
  • reboot
  • bootleg
  • bootless
  • bootable
  • bootlegging
  • bootlegger
  • bootmaker
  • bootblack
  • bootjack
  • bootlace
  • gumboot
  • multiboot
  • booter
  • unbootable
  • bootheel
  • bootmaking
  • bootlicker
  • bootstrapper
  • bootlick
  • bootprint
  • bootboy
  • bootlessly
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