Etymology

besom

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Today it means: A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft. Full definition →

Middle English besme ← Old English besma ← Proto-West Germanic *besmō
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*besmō“broom”
  2. Old English · inherited frombesma
  3. Middle English · inherited frombesme
  4. English todaybesom

From Middle English besme, beseme, from Old English besma, besema (“besom, broom, rod”), from Proto-West Germanic *besmō (“broom”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbesma all →

broom

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