busk

busk · verb¹

1. Spanish · derived frombuscar
2. French · derived frombusquer
3. English todaybusk

Apparently from French busquer or Spanish buscar.

busk · noun²

1. Italian · derived frombusco“splinter”
2. French · borrowed frombusc
3. English todaybusk

Borrowed from French busc, from Italian busco (“splinter”).

busk · noun³

Etymology unknown.

busk · verb⁴

1. Old Norse · derived frombúask
2. Middle English · inherited frombusken
3. English todaybusk

From Middle English busken, from Old Norse búask, reflexive of búa (“to prepare”); compare bound for a derivation from búa's past participle and basken for a similar formation from an Old Norse reflexive.

Busk · proper noun⁵

1. Creek · derived frompuskita
2. English todayBusk

From Creek puskita, pusketv (“a fast”).

Busk · proper noun⁶

1. Old Norse · derived frombuskr“bush”
2. Swedish · borrowed fromBusk
3. English todayBusk

Borrowed from Danish and Swedish Busk; alternatively, it could be an English topographic surname for someone who lived by a bush, from Old Norse buskr (“bush”).

Busk · proper noun⁷

1. Ukrainian · derived fromБуськ
2. English todayBusk

From Ukrainian Буськ (Busʹk).

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