Where does “botel” come from?

botel (Middle English) comes from Old French boteille, from Latin butticula, from Latin buttis, from Ancient Greek πυτίνη, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeHw- — to swell, puff.

botel (Middle English): bottle, flask, wineskin

Definitions

  1. bottle, flask, wineskin

Ancestry of “botel”, step by step

botel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French boteille

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchboteillebottle
2Latinbutticulabottle
3Latinbuttiscask, barrel
4Ancient Greekπυτίνηa flagon, flask
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰeHw-to swell, puff

via Old French botel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbotel—

Words derived from “botel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeHw- →Every word from Ancient Greek πυτίνη →Every word from Latin buttis →