booly

The story

1. Latin · derived frombos“cow, bull, ox”
2. Latin · derived frombovile“cattle stall”
3. Old Irish · derived frombó“cow”
4. Irish · derived frombuaile“cattle enclosure, summer pasturage for cows”
5. English todaybooly

From Irish buaile (“cattle enclosure, summer pasturage for cows”), from Old Irish bó (“cow”) or būale, probably from Latin bovile (“cattle stall”) or bubile, from Latin bos (“cow, bull, ox”) (bov-).

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