Where does “boikoto” come from?

boikoto (Ido) comes from Ido boikotar, from Esperanto bojkoti, from English Boycott, from Middle English Boicote, from Old English Bōia cot — Bōia's cottage.

boikoto (Ido): boycott

Definitions

  1. boycott

Ancestry of “boikoto”, step by step

boikoto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ido boikotar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idoboikotarto boycott
2Esperantobojkotito boycott
3EnglishBoycottOS grid ref SP6636
4Middle EnglishBoicote—
5Old EnglishBōia cotBōia's cottage

via Ido o

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IdooApocopic form of od
Every word from Old English Bōia cot →Every word from Middle English Boicote →Every word from English Boycott →