Etymology

booth

B3O1O1T1H4

Today it means: A small stall for the display and sale of goods. Full definition →

Middle English bothe ← Old East Norse *bóð ← Old Norse búð
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  2. Proto-Germanic*būaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*bōþō
  4. Old Norsebúð
  5. Old East Norse*bóð
  6. Middle Englishbothe
  7. English todaybooth

Inherited from Middle English bothe, from Old East Norse *bóð, from Proto-Germanic *bōþō, *būþiz, *buþǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-. Compare Middle Low German bôde, Middle Dutch boede, German Bude.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishbothe all →

bothBothwellBoothroyd

Proto-Germanic*bōþō all →

bothy

Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH- all →

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