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Where does “bōsm” come from?

bōsm (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic bōsmaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewH- — to blow; to be; to swell, bend, curve.

Ancestry of “bōsm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbōsmazbosom
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰewH-to blow; to be; to swell, bend, curve

Words derived from “bōsm”

  • bosom
  • bosomed
  • unbosom
  • bosomy
  • embosom
  • monobosom
  • unbosomer
  • bosomless
  • disembosom
  • imbosom
  • disbosom
  • bosom
  • bosum
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