Where does “Butua” come from?
Butua (Latin) 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...
Butua (Latin): now Budva or Budua
Definitions
- now Budva or Budua
Ancestry of “Butua”, step by step
Butua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese abotoar
| 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... |