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Where does “butée” come from?

butée (French) comes from French buter — to stop dead; to prop up, buttress; to kill.

butée (French): abutment; buttress; stop, stopper

Definitions

  1. abutment; buttress; stop, stopper

Ancestry of “butée”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbuterto stop dead; to prop up, buttress; to kill
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