Where does “bouchon” come from?

bouchon (French) comes from Middle French bouchon, from Middle French bousche, from Vulgar Latin bosca, from Frankish bosc, from Proto-Germanic buskaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

bouchon (French): cork, bung, stopper, plug; float; traffic jam

Definitions

  1. cork, bung, stopper, plug; float; traffic jam

Ancestry of “bouchon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchbouchonbundle; cork; stopper
2Middle Frenchbouschehandful of straw, bundle of twigs
3Vulgar Latinboscabrush, bundle of branches; firewood
4Frankishboscbush
5Proto-Germanicbuskazbush; thicket
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear

Words derived from “bouchon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic buskaz →Every word from Frankish bosc →