Etymology

boyhood

B3O1Y4H4O1O1D2

Today it means: The state or condition of being a boy. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *haiduz ← Proto-Indo-European *keyt- ← English boy
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰā-
  2. Proto-Germanic*bō-
  3. Proto-West Germanic*bōjō
  4. Old English*bōia
  5. Middle Englishboye
  6. Englishboy
  7. Proto-Indo-European*keyt-
  8. Proto-Germanic*haiduz
  9. English todayboyhood

From boy + -hood.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.