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Where does “boch” come from?

boch (Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic box, from Latin bucca — the lower part of the cheek; the mouth; c. 27 CE...

boch (Welsh): cheek, jaw

Definitions

  1. cheek, jaw

Ancestry of “boch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicbox—
2Latinbuccathe lower part of the cheek; the mouth; c. 27 CE...

Words derived from “boch”

  • bochdew
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