Etymology

boyo

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Today it means: A boy or lad. Full definition →

English oh ← Middle English o ← Old French oh
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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. Latinō
  8. Old Frenchoh
  9. Middle Englisho
  10. EnglishO
  11. Middle Englisho
  12. Englishoh
  13. English todayboyo

From boy + -o.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.