Where does “reboot” come from?

reboot (Spanish) comes from English reboot, from English boot, from French botte, from Italian botta, from Italian bottare, from French bouter, from Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

reboot (Spanish): reboot instance of rebooting

Definitions

  1. reboot instance of rebooting

Ancestry of “reboot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrebootAn instance of rebooting; The restarting of a...
2EnglishbootA heavy shoe that covers part of the leg; A blow...
3Frenchbotteboot; something resembling a boot; oppression
4Italianbottablow, hit, shock, knock, attack
5Italianbottare
6Frenchbouterto push; to remove flesh from the skin of an...
7Middle Frenchbouterto pull
8Old Frenchbouterto strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter
9Frankishbautanto push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,...
10Proto-West Germanicbautanto beat
11Proto-Germanicbautanąto beat, push
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewd-to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,...
13Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew-