Etymology

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Today it means: To dunk or immerse (into water, for remedial purposes). Full definition →

Cornish beudhi ← Breton beuziñ
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The story

  1. Breton · borrowed frombeuziñ“to drown”
  2. Cornish · borrowed frombeudhi
  3. English todaybowssen

Ultimately borrowed from Cornish beudhi or Breton beuziñ (“to drown”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.