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.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*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) |