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Where does “boto” come from?

boto (Ido) comes from Esperanto boto, from English boot, from French botte, from Italian botta, from Italian bottare, from French bouter, from Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

boto (Ido): boot

Definitions

  1. boot

Ancestry of “boto”, step by step

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

Words derived from “boto”

  • botizar
  • boteto
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