Where does “buo” come from?
buo (Tagalog) comes from French bouée, from Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French boie, from Latin boia, from Ancient Greek βοείη, from Ancient Greek βοῦς, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Italic korwos — army.
buo (Tagalog): whole; entire; complete, absolute, perfect;...
Definitions
- whole; entire; complete, absolute, perfect;...
Ancestry of “buo”, step by step
buo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French bouée
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bouée | buoy (nautical: a moored float) |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | boeye | life buoy; float, buoy; shackle, fetter |
| 3 | Old French | boie | bond, chain; fetter, chain, clog |
| 4 | Latin | boia | fetter, collar for the neck |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βοείη | ox hide |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 7 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Malay buah
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | buah | fruit |
| 2 | Malay | nona | miss, lady (young unmarried woman) |
| 3 | Portuguese | dona | female equivalent of dono; A title of address to... |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | dona | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | domna | lady, mistress |
| 6 | Latin | domina | lady or mistress of the house |
| 7 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 8 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |