Etymology

bosket

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Today it means: A small grove or copse of trees, a thicket. Full definition →

French bosquet ← Italian boschetto ← Late Latin busca
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*buskaz
  2. Frankish · derived from*busk
  3. Late Latin · derived frombusca
  4. Italian · derived fromboschetto
  5. French · borrowed frombosquet
  6. English todaybosket

Borrowed from French bosquet, from Italian boschetto, diminutive of bosco (“wood”), from Late Latin busca, buscus or boscus, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (compare Old High German busk). Doublet of bouquet.

Words from the same roots

Frenchbosquet all →

disboscation

Late Latinbusca all →

bosk

Frankish*busk all →

ambushrebukeambuscadeboscage

Proto-Germanic*buskaz all →

ambushrebukebosqueembossambuscadeboscageboskébauche

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.