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Where does “bousculade” come from?

bousculade (French) comes from French -ade, from Occitan -ada, from Latin -ata, from Latin -atus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

bousculade (French): bustle, crush; stampede

Definitions

  1. bustle, crush; stampede

Ancestry of “bousculade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-adeUsed to form collectives; Indicating a dish or...
2Occitan-ada-ing
3Latin-atanominative feminine singular of -ātus; nominative...
4Latin-atus-ed, -ate, -like; Form of -tus appended to nouns
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →