bought

bought · verb, adjective¹

See buy.

bought · noun²

1. Middle English · inherited frombought
2. English todaybought

From Middle English bought, bowght, bouȝt, *buȝt, probably an alteration of bight, biȝt, byȝt (“bend, bight”) after bowen, buwen, buȝen (“to bow, bend”). Cognate with Scots boucht, bucht, bout (“bend”). More at bight and bout.