bugger

bugger · noun, verb, interjection¹

1. Proto-Turkic*bulga-
2. Proto-Turkic*bulgar
3. Old Turkic𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀 (b¹wl¹g¹a)
4. Old Church Slavonicблъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ)
5. Medieval LatinBulgarus
6. Old Frenchbogre
7. Middle Englishbougre
8. English todaybugger

From Middle English bougre (“heretic”), from Old French bougre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgar”), from Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ, “Bulgarian”), used in designation of heretics (especially the Bogomils, who arose around the 10th century AD in the First Bulgarian Empire), to whom various sexual practices such as anal sex were ascribed. Doublet of Bulgar.

bugger · noun²

From bug (noun) + -er.

Words from the same roots