Where does “bot” come from?

bot (Jamaican Creole) comes from English but, from Middle English but, from Old English būtan, from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan — outside, externally.

bot (Jamaican Creole): but

Definitions

  1. but

Ancestry of “bot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbutApart from, except (for), excluding
2Middle EnglishbutAlternative form of bote
3Old Englishbūtanwithout, outside of, except, only; outside of
4Proto-West Germanic*biūtanoutside, externally
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan →Every word from Old English būtan →Every word from Middle English but →