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
- boot; something resembling a boot; oppression
Ancestry of “botte”, step by step
botte traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian botta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | botta | blow, hit, shock, knock, attack |
| 2 | Italian | bottare | — |
| 3 | French | bouter | to push; to remove flesh from the skin of an... |
| 4 | Middle French | bouter | to pull |
| 5 | Old French | bouter | to strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter |
| 6 | Frankish | bautan | to push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |
via Old French bote
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | bote | boot; cask; barrel; Alternative form of bat |
| 2 | Frankish | butt | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | buttaz | cut off; chopped; stumpy; end; piece |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰnós | bottom |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |