Where does “botgros” come from?
botgros (Romanian) comes from Romanian bot, from English bot, from English bottom, from Middle English botme, from Old English botm, from Proto-Germanic butmaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- — smoke; mist, haze.
botgros (Romanian): hawfinch
Definitions
- hawfinch
Ancestry of “botgros”, step by step
botgros traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian bot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | bot | snout, mouth; mouth; bump |
| 2 | English | bot | The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of... |
| 3 | English | bottom | The lowest part of anything; Character,... |
| 4 | Middle English | botme | The lowest section of something; the bottom,... |
| 5 | Old English | botm | bottom; foundation; ground; abyss |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | butmaz | bottom; foundation; ground; abyss |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via Romanian gros
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | gros | thick |
| 2 | German | Groschen | groschen; any of a number of coins with a... |
| 3 | Middle High German | grosse | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | denarius | — |
| 5 | Latin | grossus | coarse, unrefined; young, green, immature; thick,... |
| 6 | Old High German | grōz | big, large, thick; great; large, thick, coarse |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | graut | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | grautaz | coarse, crude; big, large |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |