The story
- Taíno · derived from*bohi“house, dwelling”
- Spanish · borrowed frombohío
- English todaybohío
Borrowed from Spanish bohío, Taíno *bohi (“house, dwelling”) (compare Lokono bohy (“house”)). From the Taíno term used by the natives of Hispaniola and other Caribbean islands, as recorded by Spanish colonizers.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.