bosque

bosque · noun¹

See bosk.

bosque · noun²

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*buskaz“forest, woods”
2. Frankish · derived from*busc
3. Late Latin · derived fromboscus
4. Spanish · borrowed frombosque“forest”
5. English todaybosque

Borrowed from Spanish bosque (“forest”), from Late Latin boscus, from Frankish *busc (compare Middle Dutch busch), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“forest, woods”); perhaps also influenced by bosk. The word is a doublet of bush.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• 19th c. Rare spelling of bosk.