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Where does “boter” come from?

boter (Old French) comes from Old French bouter, from Frankish bautan, from Proto-West Germanic bautan, from Proto-Germanic bautaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

boter (Old French): to push, butt, strike; to strike; to push; thrust

Definitions

  1. to push, butt, strike; to strike; to push; thrust

Ancestry of “boter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbouterto strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter
2Frankishbautanto push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,...
3Proto-West Germanicbautanto beat
4Proto-Germanicbautanąto beat, push
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewd-to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Words derived from “boter”

  • boat
  • button
  • buttons
  • boot
  • steamboat
  • boating
  • bootstrap
  • gunboat
  • lifeboat
  • sailboat
  • rowboat
  • reboot
  • boathouse
  • houseboat
  • bootleg
  • longboat
  • riverboat
  • motorboat
  • unbutton
  • Bouton
  • bootless
  • whaleboat
  • ferryboat
  • speedboat
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