Etymology

bouquet

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Today it means: An arrangement or bunch of cut flowers; a nosegay. Full definition →

French bouquet ← Old French bochet ← Early Medieval Latin boscus
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bouquet · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic*buskaz
  2. Frankish*busk
  3. Early Medieval Latinboscus
  4. Old Frenchbois
  5. Old Frenchbochet
  6. Frenchbouquet
  7. English todaybouquet

Unadapted borrowing from French bouquet, from Old French bochet, from bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus (“grove”), borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. Doublet of bosket.

Bouquet · proper noun2

  1. French · borrowed fromBouquet
  2. French · borrowed fromBouquet
  3. English todayBouquet

Borrowed from French Bouquet.

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