Etymology

Bosse

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

French Bosse ← German Bosse ← Dutch Bosse
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The story

  1. Dutch · borrowed fromBosse
  2. German · borrowed fromBosse
  3. French · borrowed fromBosse
  4. English todayBosse

Various origins: * Borrowed from French Bosse or Bossé, a nickname for a hunchback, from bosse (“bump, hump”). * Borrowed from South German Bosse, a pet form of the personal name Burkhard. * Borrowed from Dutch Bosse, a variant of Bosch.

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