bottle

bottle · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeHw-
2. Latinbuttis
3. Late Latinbutticula
4. Old Frenchboteille
5. Middle Englishbotel
6. English todaybottle

From Middle English botel (“bottle, flask, wineskin”), from Old French boteille, from Late Latin butticula, diminutive of buttis (“cask”). Doublet of botija. Displaced native pinne and non-native Old English ampella. Partially displaced Old English flasce.

bottle · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰōw-
2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*bōþl
3. Old English · derived frombotl“building, house”
4. English todaybottle

From Middle English bottle, botel, buttle, from Old English botl (“building, house”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōþl, from Proto-Germanic *budlą, *buþlą, *bōþlą (“house, dwelling, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (literally “to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”). Cognate with North Frisian budel, bodel, bol, boel (“dwelling, inheritable property”), Dutch boedel, boel (“inheritance, estate”), Danish bol (“farm”), Icelandic ból (“dwelling, abode, farm, lair”). Related to Old English bytlan (“to build”). More at build.

bottle · noun³

1. Old French · derived frombotel
2. Middle English · inherited frombotel“bundle (of hay)”
3. English todaybottle

From Middle English botel (“bundle (of hay)”), from Old French botel, ultimately related to modern French botte (“bundle”).

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