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Where does “filibustrière” come from?

filibustrière (French) comes from English freebooter, from English booty, from English boot, from French botte, from Italian botta, from Italian bottare, from French bouter, from Middle French bouter — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Ancestry of “filibustrière”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfreebooterAn adventurer who pillages, plunders or wages...
2EnglishbootyA form of prize which, when a ship was captured...
3EnglishbootA heavy shoe that covers part of the leg; A blow...
4Frenchbotteboot; something resembling a boot; oppression
5Italianbottablow, hit, shock, knock, attack
6Italianbottare—
7Frenchbouterto push; to remove flesh from the skin of an...
8Middle Frenchbouterto pull
9Old Frenchbouterto strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter
10Frankishbautanto push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,...
11Proto-West Germanicbautanto beat
12Proto-Germanicbautanąto beat, push
13Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewd-to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,...
14Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Words derived from “filibustrière”

  • filibustiere
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