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Where does “bompresso” come from?

bompresso (Italian) comes from Spanish bauprés, from French beaupré, from Dutch boegspriet, from Dutch spriet, from German Sprit, from French ésprit, from Middle French esperit, from Latin spīritus — to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;...

bompresso (Italian): bowsprit

Definitions

  1. bowsprit

Ancestry of “bompresso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbauprésbowsprit
2Frenchbeauprébowsprit
3Dutchboegsprietbowsprit
4Dutchsprietlong, narrow shoot from a plant; blade , sprig;...
5GermanSpritpetrol, gas
6Frenchésprit—
7Middle Frenchesperitmind
8Latinspīritus—
9Latinspīrō—
10Proto-Indo-European(s)peys-to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;...
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