boose

boose · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰendʰ-“to tie, bind”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*bansaz
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*bans
4. Old English · inherited from*bōs
5. Middle English · inherited frombose
6. English todayboose

From Middle English bose, boose, from Old English *bōs (attested in bōsih, bōsig (“cow-stall”)), from Proto-West Germanic *bans, from Proto-Germanic *bansaz, *bandsaz, *bandstiz (“stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”).

boose · noun, verb²

1. Middle English · inherited frombousen
2. English todayboose

From Middle English bousen (verb) and bouse (noun).

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