butcher

butcher · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰuǵ-“buck, ram”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*bukkaz“male goat, male deer”
3. Frankish · derived from*bukk
4. Medieval Latin · derived frombuccus“he-goat”
5. Old French · derived frombouc“goat”
6. Old French · derived frombouchier“goat slaughterer”
7. Middle English · inherited frombocher
8. English todaybutcher

From Middle English bocher, boucher, from Old French bouchier (“goat slaughterer”), from Old French bouc (“goat”), from Medieval Latin buccus (“he-goat”), from Frankish *bukk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz (“male goat, male deer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ- (“buck, ram”). See also English buck.

butcher · adjective²

From butch + -er.