Etymology

lowboy

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Today it means: A low chest of drawers. Full definition →

French bois
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The story

  1. French · derived frombois“wood”
  2. English todaylowboy

Possibly from low + French bois (“wood”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchbois all →

boistallboyBois Brule

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.