Where does “bokotra mamy” come from?
bokotra mamy (Malagasy) comes from Malagasy bokotra, from French bouton, from Italian bottone, from Spanish botón, from Old French boton, from Old French bouter, from Frankish bautan, from Proto-West Germanic bautan — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
bokotra mamy (Malagasy): sweet, sugarplum
Definitions
- sweet, sugarplum
Ancestry of “bokotra mamy”, step by step
bokotra mamy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malagasy bokotra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malagasy | bokotra | button |
| 2 | French | bouton | button; bud; pimple, spot, zit |
| 3 | Italian | bottone | button; bud |
| 4 | Spanish | botón | button; key; bud |
| 5 | Old French | boton | — |
| 6 | Old French | bouter | to strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter |
| 7 | Frankish | bautan | to push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |
via Malagasy mamy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malagasy | mamy | — |