Etymology

butterine

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Today it means: An imitation butter prepared from animal fat with other ingredients. Full definition →

English butter ← Middle English buter ← Old English butere
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekβούτῡρον (boútūron)
  2. Latinbūtȳrum
  3. Proto-West Germanic*buterā
  4. Old Englishbutere
  5. Middle Englishbuter
  6. Englishbutter
  7. English todaybutterine

From butter + -ine.

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