Etymology

boastsome

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Today it means: Indicative of boast or boasting; bragging; boastful. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *samaz ← Proto-Indo-European *somHós ← English boast
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The story

  1. Englishboast
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*somHós
  4. Proto-Germanic*samaz
  5. English todayboastsome

From boast + -some.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.