Where does “bôtua” come from?
bôtua (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese abotoar, from Portuguese botão, from French bouton, from Italian bottone, from Spanish botón, from Old French boton, from Old French bouter, from Frankish bautan — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
bôtua (Kabuverdianu): to fasten
Definitions
- to fasten
Ancestry of “bôtua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | abotoar | to button up; to bud; to connect things by... |
| 2 | Portuguese | botão | button; bud |
| 3 | French | bouton | button; bud; pimple, spot, zit |
| 4 | Italian | bottone | button; bud |
| 5 | Spanish | botón | button; key; bud |
| 6 | Old French | boton | — |
| 7 | Old French | bouter | to strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter |
| 8 | Frankish | bautan | to push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,... |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |