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Where does “buterie” come from?

buterie (Middle English) comes from Old French boterie, from Medieval Latin buteria, from Latin botāria, from Latin butta — barrel; cask, bottle.

Ancestry of “buterie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchboterie—
2Medieval Latinbuteria—
3Latinbotāria—
4Latinbuttabarrel; cask, bottle
Every word from Latin butta →