Etymology

bud

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Today it means: A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded. Full definition →

Middle English budde ← Old English *budde ← Proto-West Germanic *buʀdā
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bud · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰew-
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*buzdǭ
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*buʀdā
  4. Old English · inherited from*budde
  5. Middle English · inherited frombudde
  6. English todaybud

From Middle English budde, bodde (“bud, seed pod”), from Old English *budde, from Proto-West Germanic *buʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *buzdǭ (compare archaic German Butte (“rosehip”), Swedish dialect bodd (“head”)), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”). Compare also German Low German Butte, Butt (“bud”), Dutch bot (“bud”), regional German Butz, Butzen (“seed pod; apple core”), German Low German Haagbutt ("rosehip"; Haagbudden (“rosehips”, plural)).

bud · noun2

Back-formation from buddy.

Bud · proper noun3

From bud.

Bud · proper noun4

From Budweiser.

BUD · proper noun5

Abbreviation of Budweiser.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishbudde all →

bug

Proto-Indo-European*bʰew- all →

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