Etymology

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Today it means: The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic boiteag ← Middle Low German [Term?]
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bot · noun1

  1. Middle Low German · derived from[Term?]
  2. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromboiteag“maggot”
  3. English todaybot

Unknown. Possibly a modification of Scottish Gaelic boiteag (“maggot”), but the word already existed in Middle English, so the reverse direction of borrowing is likely. Possibly from Middle Low German [Term?].

bot · verb, noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewbʰ-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰudʰmḗn
  3. Proto-Germanic*butmaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*botm
  5. Old Englishbotm
  6. Middle Englishbotme
  7. Englishbottomclip.
  8. English todaybot

From bottom.

bot · noun, verb3

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃erbʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃órbʰos
  3. Proto-Balto-Slavic*árbas
  4. Proto-Slavic*orbъ
  5. Proto-Slavic*orbiti
  6. Proto-Slavic*orbota
  7. Old Czechrobota
  8. Czechrobota
  9. Czechrobot
  10. Englishrobotclip.
  11. English todaybot

Clipping of robot.

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