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Where does “bure” come from?

bure (Old French) comes from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον, from Ancient Greek τυρός, from Proto-Hellenic tūrós, from Proto-Indo-European tuh₂-ró-s, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

Ancestry of “bure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbūtȳrum—
2Ancient Greekβούτυρονbutter
3Ancient Greekτυρόςcheese
4Proto-Hellenictūrós—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantuh₂-ró-s—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “bure”

  • bureaucracy
  • bureaucratic
  • bureau
  • bureaucrat
  • bureaux
  • bureaucratization
  • bureaucratically
  • bureaucratism
  • antibureaucratic
  • bureaucratese
  • nonbureaucratic
  • buro
  • bureaucratize
  • unbureaucratic
  • borrel
  • debureaucratization
  • technobureaucratic
  • burel
  • bureaucratical
  • antibureaucracy
  • unbureaucratically
  • technobureaucracy
  • debureaucratize
  • antibureaucrat
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