boton etymology

Middle English word boton comes from Frankish *bautan, Frankish *buttan, Proto-Germanic *bu(t/dʰ)néh₂-, Late Latin *bottonem, and later Frankish *bōtan (To beat.)

Detailed word origin of boton

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*bautan Frankish (frk)
*buttan Frankish (frk)
*bu(t/dʰ)néh₂- Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)
*bottonem Late Latin (LL)
bōtan Frankish (frk)
*bōtan Frankish (frk) To beat.
buter Old French (fro)
boton Old French (fro)
botoun Middle English (enm)

Words with the same origin as boton

Descendants of *bautan
botoun boute but buten butten rabeten