bote

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*bōtō“recompense”
2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*bōtu
3. Old English · derived frombōt“help, relief, advantage, remedy; compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance”
4. Middle English · learned borrowing frombōte“advantage, benefit, profit; relief, salvation; atonement, amends, expiation; cure”
5. English todaybote

Learned borrowing from Middle English bōte (“advantage, benefit, profit; relief, salvation; atonement, amends, expiation; cure”), from Old English bōt (“help, relief, advantage, remedy; compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“recompense”). Doublet of boot (inherited from the same Middle English word).

Words from the same roots