Where does “butte” come from?

butte (Middle Low German) comes from Medieval Latin butina, from Vulgar Latin *budina, from Latin butina, from Ancient Greek πῡτῑ́νη — flask.

butte (Middle Low German): barrel

Definitions

  1. barrel

Ancestry of “butte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinbutinaa bound, limit; bottle; limit, boundary
2Vulgar Latin*budina—
3Latinbutinaa bound, limit; bottle; limit, boundary
4Ancient Greekπῡτῑ́νηflask

Words derived from “butte”

Every word from Ancient Greek πῡτῑ́νη →Every word from Latin butina →Every word from Vulgar Latin *budina →