Etymology

burbot

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Today it means: A freshwater fish, taxonomic name Lota lota, which is similar to the ling and the cusk and spawns in the winter. Full definition →

French barbote ← Latin barba
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frombarba“a beard”
  2. French · borrowed frombarbote
  3. English todayburbot

Borrowed from French barbote, from Latin barba (“a beard”). Displaced native eelpout.

Words from the same roots

Latinbarba all →

barberbarbalrebarbative

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.