Where does “bosque” come from?

bosque (Spanish) comes from Catalan bosc, from Old Occitan bosc, from Late Latin boscus, from Frankish busk, from Proto-Germanic buskaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

bosque (Spanish): forest

Definitions

  1. forest

Ancestry of “bosque”, step by step

bosque traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan bosc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanboscforest; wood; woods
2Old Occitanboscwood; woods
3Late Latinboscus—
4Frankishbuskbush; bush, thicket
5Proto-Germanicbuskazbush; thicket
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear

via Latin boscus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinboscuswood, woodland
2Germanicunknown—

Words derived from “bosque”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- →