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
- cork, bung, stopper, plug; float; traffic jam
Ancestry of “bouchon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | bouchon | bundle; cork; stopper |
| 2 | Middle French | bousche | handful of straw, bundle of twigs |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | bosca | brush, bundle of branches; firewood |
| 4 | Frankish | bosc | bush |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | buskaz | bush; thicket |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |
Words derived from “bouchon”