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Where does “buc” come from?

buc (Middle English) comes from Old English bucc, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

buc (Middle English): Alternative form of bouk; Alternative form of...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of bouk; Alternative form of...

Ancestry of “buc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbuccbuck; Alternative form of būc
2Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
3Proto-West Germanictūnfence
4Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
5Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
6Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “buc”

  • buck
  • bucks
  • buckle
  • buckling
  • bucking
  • buckboard
  • buckshot
  • buckthorn
  • unbuckle
  • bucktail
  • bushbuck
  • turnbuckle
  • buckhorn
  • reedbuck
  • blackbuck
  • sawbuck
  • postbuckling
  • megabucks
  • bucktoothed
  • humbucker
  • prongbuck
  • bucker
  • bucksaw
  • buckjumper
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