Where does “bush” come from?

bush (Middle English) comes from Old English busċ, from Latin bosca, from Late Latin busca, from Proto-West Germanic busk, from Proto-Germanic buskaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

bush (Middle English): grove, wood; thicket, underbrush; bush; branch of...

Definitions

  1. grove, wood; thicket, underbrush; bush; branch of...

Ancestry of “bush”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbusċ—
2Latinboscafirewood
3Late Latinbusca—
4Proto-West Germanicbuskbush, thicket
5Proto-Germanicbuskazbush; thicket
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear

Words derived from “bush”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic buskaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic busk →