Where does “trabixù” come from?
trabixù (Maltese) comes from Italian tirabusciò, from French tire-bouchon, from French bouchon, from Middle French bouchon, from Middle French bousche, from Vulgar Latin bosca, from Frankish bosc, from Proto-Germanic buskaz — to become, grow, appear.
trabixù (Maltese): corkscrew
Definitions
- corkscrew
Ancestry of “trabixù”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tirabusciò | — |
| 2 | French | tire-bouchon | corkscrew |
| 3 | French | bouchon | cork, bung, stopper, plug; float; traffic jam |
| 4 | Middle French | bouchon | bundle; cork; stopper |
| 5 | Middle French | bousche | handful of straw, bundle of twigs |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | bosca | brush, bundle of branches; firewood |
| 7 | Frankish | bosc | bush |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | buskaz | bush; thicket |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |