Etymology

busty

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Today it means: Having large breasts. Full definition →

English bust ← French buste ← Italian busto
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The story

  1. Latinbūstum
  2. Italianbusto
  3. Frenchbuste
  4. Englishbust
  5. English todaybusty

From bust (“breast”) + -y.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.